Last June, he was handed a two-year prison sentence in relation to a charge of abuse of a 20-year-old woman.
“The sea in Senegal is dead. That’s because Macky Sall sold all of Senegal’s waters,” said Mr Ndour.
In the statement, Angela Quintal, head of CPJ’s Africa programme in New York, condemned Senegalese police brutalising journalists covering protests.
In his first public statement on the election postponement that has sparked nationwide protests and widespread condemnation, Mr Sall denied trying to hold on to power.
An oasis of stability and a shining light in a highly politically volatile region, Senegal was one of the few countries on the continent that others looked up to.
This would see Mr Sall remain in office until the election is held and a successor is produced.
This followed Mr Sall’s postponement of the election scheduled for February 25, which sparked widespread protests in the country.
An initial $520 million had already been voted by the development partners for the development of eight special agro-industrial processing zones in the country.
Africa, the continent with the youngest demographic in the world, now has the distinction of having the four longest-serving elective presidencies in the world.
Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, has declared three days national mourning period to empathise with the bereaved.
