Browsing: Senegal

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and President of Nigeria, has extended his congratulations to Senegal’s President-elect, Mr. Bassirou Diomaye…

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s President-elect, has pledged to lead with humility and transparency in his first address following Sunday’s election. With his main rival, Amadou Ba,…

Following Sunday’s elections, Amadou Ba, the candidate for the ruling coalition in Senegal, conceded defeat to Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the opposition candidate, on Monday. With this,…

Amadou Ba, the ruling coalition’s candidate in Senegal’s presidential race, has reached out to his opponent, opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, to acknowledge his victory in…

Senegal’s opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is in an early lead in the Sunday presidential vote. His main rival from the ruling coalition said there will…

Voters in Senegal are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect their new president in a deeply contested and unpredictable race, after three years of…

Senegal holds its presidential elections this weekend, finally. In a region plagued by political crises and coups, the West African country has long been seen as…

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has asserted that he harbours no regrets for his efforts to postpone elections scheduled for last month, which ignited deadly protests in…

Thousands of followers of Senegalese opposition leaders Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye were rejoicing on Friday after they were released from prison in Dakar. Their…

Sources close to the presidency have revealed that the Senegalese government is set to drop its appeal against a court ruling that reinstated opposition leader Ousmane…