Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegalese news organisations widely heeded a call on Tuesday for a news blackout to protest against economic measures by the new government which they say threaten the industry. Most newspapers did not publish and two popular private radio stations played music instead of broadcasting the news. Private television st...
Diamniadio, Senegal – AFP Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has launched a national consultation to reform and modernise the justice system, a priority for the new leader who left prison just 10 days before his election victory. Faye, his prime minister Ousmane Sonko, and several of their party members were imprisoned durin...
Beijing, China — AFP China has congratulated Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Senegal’s presidential election, describing the two nations as “good friends and brothers”. “China attaches great importance to the development of China-Senegal relations,” foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said. Beijin...
Dakar, Senegal – – AFP Anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who is set to become the youngest president ever in Senegal, has said that people chose to “break” with the current political system. Faye’s main rival from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, has already conceded the race, triggering a pol...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appeared early Monday to be closing in on victory in a presidential poll that follows several years of unrest and a political crisis, while the governing coalition said it was certain of a second-round vote. Whoever comes out on top will be tasked wit...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Eighteen men and one woman are in the running on Sunday to become Senegal’s fifth president and replace Macky Sall, who has held the top job since 2012. Sall is not seeking a third term, making this the first time the West African nation will head to the polls without an […]
Dakar, Senegal — AFP A cacophony of horns and cheers erupted as the only woman standing in Senegal’s presidential election emerged from the sunroof of her SUV in the outskirts of the capital Dakar. Anta Babacar Ngom was on her third day of the campaign trail and, like the other 18 candidates in the race, […]
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Campaigning got underway in a festive atmosphere on Saturday for Senegal’s March 24 presidential election, after weeks of turmoil caused by its delay, as one of the leading contenders met voters. Khalifa Sall, a former mayor of Dakar, toured different neighbourhoods of the capital in the evening, greeting sever...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) – Voters in Senegal will choose their next president on March 24, President Macky Sall announced Wednesday, signaling an end to weeks of political chaos which engulfed the West African country following the postponement of elections originally scheduled for Feb. 25. Sall announced the new poll date on the same day the Const...
Diamniadio, Senegal – AFP Senegal’s President Macky Sall has proposed a general amnesty bill for political protesters arrested since 2021, as he holds talks to end fresh turmoil over delayed elections. The West African nation is facing its worst political crisis in decades after Sall abruptly deferred the February 25 presidential v...
