Turnout low in Senegal vote

Turnout was low Sunday for Senegal's controversial referendum on sweeping constitutional reforms, including cutting the presidential term from seven to five years. There were no queues and few voters visible in polling stations visited by AFP in areas of the capital in the early morning. The situation was much the same after midday.
"Voters are trickling in," said an official in a polling station. An Electoral Commission spokesman added: "interest is not as during legislative or presidential elections."
The referendum caused controversy as President Macky Sall had been elected in 2012 partly on a platform to reduce the presidential mandate from seven years to five. Partial results are expected to emerge a few hours later.