President Macky Sall of Senegal is cooking up a political stew, and the ingredients smell suspiciously familiar. Disqualified opponents, delayed elections, and a dash of “national…
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Ousmane Sonko, the leader of the opposition, has been ordered by a Senegalese court to be added back to the electoral roll. This decision could allow…
Senegal’s interior minister has dissolved the party of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, Pastef for allegedly calling on its members to stoke violence during June protests prompting…
The United Nations stated on Tuesday that it is “deeply concerned” about the recent developments in the human rights situation in Senegal. The use of firearms…
Calm has been restored to the streets of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, after 72 hours of unrest. The violence erupted following the court’s decision to…
The African Union has issued a joint communique, calling for an immediate cessation of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo where rebels have seized two…
The jail term against the mayor of the capital city, Dakar Mayor Barthélémy Dias has been upheld by an appeal court in Senegal. Dias, 46, had…
Senegalese President Macky Sall and the current chairman of the African Union has demanded a lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe in his address to the 77th UN General Assembly…
Lawmakers in Senegal have elected a new speaker of parliament in a chaotic vote after opposition members attempted to disrupt the voting process. Security forces were…
For the first time since its independence in 1960, Senegal’s ruling party has lost its absolute majority in Parliament. Provisional results from Sunday’s vote showed President…