Senegal distances itself from AU support for Macky Sall at the UN

The Senegalese government has not endorsed Macky Sall’s candidacy for UN Secretary-General, despite AU support.

The Permanent Mission of Senegal to the African Union informed the AU Commission on Friday that the Senegalese government has at no stage endorsed the candidacy of former president Macky Sall for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, even as the continental organization was calling for African solidarity around…