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SENEGAL

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Africa

Senegal election result: Bassirou Diomaye Faye To Become Africa’s Youngest Elected President

Bassirou Diomaye Faye's extraordinary rise caps a rollercoaster period in Senegalese politics that caught many off-guard. Months in jail alongside ally and kingmaker Ousmane Sonko ended suddenly, with the pair released the week before the presidential election. Now Mr Clean, as he's nicknamed, must get to work on the sweeping reforms he has promised. "Methodical" and "modest" are words often used to describe the tax collector, who celebrates his 44th […]

todayMarch 26, 2024

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Africa

Senegal President Mack Sall Announces 24 March Election

Senegal's government has announced that the country's presidential election will take place on 24 March. The announcement follows tension in the West African nation after President Macky Sall postponed the election last month, sparking widespread protests. Parliament has also passed an amnesty law for crimes linked to the protests. The president's opponents had accused him of mounting a constitutional coup but he denies seeking to extend his term of office. […]

todayMarch 7, 2024

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Senegal Top Court Rejects Opposition Leader Appeal

Senegal’s Supreme Court has ruled against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko’s appeal in his defamation conviction, a decision that puts his chances of running in presidential elections at risk. “The sentence and fines have been confirmed. Sonko lost on all counts,” state lawyer El Hadji Diouf said on Friday after the judge ruled to uphold the six-month suspended sentence following a more than 12-hour hearing. He added that Sonko was “now […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

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Sports

D’Tigress Move Seven Places Up In New FIBA Rankings

D’Tigress of Nigeria has moved up seven places in the latest International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’s Rankings. The Nigerian team put up a superb performance to successfully defend their title for the 4th consecutive time in the 2023  Women's Afrobasketball Championship in Rwanda. They defeated their fellow West Africans Senegal 84-74 in the electrifying final in Kigali, Rwanda. FIBA released the new  women's rankings on Wednesday night. Also Read: Oparanozie Announces […]

todaySeptember 14, 2023

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Africa

Senegal : Two killed in Protest Over Arrest Of Sonko

Two people have been killed in Senegal in protests sparked by the arrest of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, according to the country’s interior ministry. Two “lifeless male bodies” were discovered in the southern city of Ziguinchor, where 2024 presidential hopeful Sonko is mayor, the ministry said in a statement on Monday. The ministry called on the public to stay calm and said it was taking measures to “preserve peace and […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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Senegal: Internet Restricted As Sonko Faces New Charges And Detention

The party of the embattled Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, PASTEF, has criticized the latest move by the government to open up new charges against him. They termed the move as anti-democratic after the government on Monday charged and imprisoned Sonko on Monday for various crimes, including a call for insurrection which, according to the authorities, led to deaths. Sonko's lawyers have claimed it's a political vendetta by the government […]

todayAugust 1, 2023

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Featured

Migrant Boat From Senegal Carrying 200 People Missing Off Canary Islands

Spanish rescuers are searching waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went missing more than a week ago. The aid group Walking Borders says the fishing boat sailed from Kafountine, a coastal town in southern Senegal that is roughly 1,700km (1,057 miles) from Tenerife. The group says many children are on board, Spain's Efe news agency reports. Two similar boats carrying dozens […]

todayJuly 10, 2023

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Africa

Senegal’s Macky Sall Rules Out Controversial Third Term

Senegal's President Macky Sall on Monday ended months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not seek a third term next year, clearing the way for open elections in the West African nation, long considered a bastion of democracy in a troubled region. Sall had until now remained coy about his ambitions, stoking tensions over whether he would use a constitutional revision to argue he could extend the country's traditional […]

todayJuly 4, 2023