A close friend and spokesperson for opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in Senegal was charged on Monday with disseminating “false news,” according to a lawyer, as political…
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On Thursday, before a court hearing involving opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who is strongly backed by many of the country’s youth, police and protesters battled in…
On Tuesday, the first of three days of scheduled rallies in support of the prospective presidential candidate, who is facing a libel lawsuit that will begin…
The major opposition coalition in Senegal issued a call for protests on Monday ahead of the defamation trial scheduled for Thursday for its fiery leader Ousmane…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s investment arm, has announced that it would invest €242 million in Sococim Industries, Senegal’s largest integrated cement manufacturer,…
The United Nation said three Senegalese UN peacekeepers were killed on Tuesday when their convoy hit a roadside bomb in jihadist-torn central Mali, in a new…
Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, vice president of the African Development Bank Group for Regional Development, Integration, and Service Delivery, will head a delegation to the second Summit for…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has helped kick off a new rural electrification project in Senegal, which would provide reliable power to 350,000 people while sustaining 500…
Janet Yellen, the United States’ Treasury Secretary, will begin her tour to Africa on Friday, stopping in Senegal, Zambia, and South Africa. Yellen’s travel follows China’s…
According to attorneys for Ousmane Sonko and his victim, a Senegalese judge has mandated that Sonko stand trial for an alleged rape. Sonko, a 48-year-old former…