Dakar, Senegal – AFP The observation missions deployed to Senegal by the European Union and West Africa’s regional bloc on Tuesday praised the smooth running of the presidential election, won by an anti-establishment opponent after three years of unrest. Around 7.3 million Senegalese were eligible to take part in Sunday’s vot...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegal President Macky Sall on Saturday designated Prime Minister Amadou Ba as the ruling party’s candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, presidential and governmental sources said. Sall, who took power in 2012 and was re-elected in 2019, announced in July after months of political uncertainty that he w...