On 13 October a special parliamentary congress in Senegal adopted another constitutional reform, having only done so as recently as August of this year. On 21 October President Wade promulgated the reforms.

This reform increases the president’s mandate from five years to seven year. La Constitution en Afrique has a resume, in French, of the situation. The site also provides a copy, in French, of the revised up-to-date constitution.

President Abdoulaye Wade was re-elected in 2007, so his mandate currently expires in 2012. It is unclear to me whether the extended mandate will begin after 2012, or whether President Wade can now remain in office until 2014.