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Amid widespread public outcry to the postponement, some opposition lawmakers tried to block proceedings in the National Assembly building until security forces intervened and forced them off the ...
Sonko was in court as part of a civil lawsuit against him by Senegal's tourism minister for defamation and public insults. [12] On 3 July, following a series of protests regarding Sonko's conviction for "immoral behaviour" in a separate case, incumbent president Macky Sall stated that he would not seek re-election for a third term. [13] [14]
2 April: Bassirou Diomaye Faye is inaugurated as president. [9]3 April: President Faye appoints Ousmane Sonko as prime minister. [10]16 April: Customs authorities seize 1,140 kilograms of cocaine valued at $146 million from a lorry in Kidira, near the Malian border, the largest drug haul inside Senegalese soil.
Senegal votes Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election that has fired up political tensions and tested one of West Africa’s most stable democracies. The election will take place after ...
The 2023–2024 Senegalese protests broke out in Senegal on 1 June 2023 following opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's conviction for corrupting young people, which may disqualify him from standing in the 2024 Senegalese presidential election. [1] [2] At least 23 persons died during the protests and about 500 were arrested.
The delay, earlier announced unilaterally by President Macky Sall over the weekend, is a first for Senegal, which has had generally peaceful transitions of power since it gained independence from ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed on Monday they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped. It marks a sharp escalation in one of Africa’s longest wars, threatening to dramatically worsen a dire humanitarian crisis.