Senegalese opposition politician Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in Tuesday as Senegal’s youngest-ever president, promising radical reform and stability after an uptick of unrest in the West African nation long held up as a democratic model for the region, Agence France-Presse reported. Faye, a 44-year-old, left-wing...
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An anti-establishment candidate is predicted to win Senegal’s long-awaited presidential election on Monday, signaling potential radical change in one of coup-prone West Africa’s more stable democracies, the Guardian reported. Early returns showed opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye far ahead of other candidates in Sunday’s vote. While...
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A primary school in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, recently held elections for their student body president. A BBC video crew asked the student candidates what they would do if they were elected president of their West African country. “My advice to the future president is...
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Senegal set March 24 as the new date for its presidential election Wednesday – a month after its president delayed the vote, triggering chaos throughout the country which until last year had been held up as a bastion of stability in the region, the Associated...
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Senegal’s government adopted an amnesty bill this week, a move aimed at resolving the country’s biggest political crisis in decades – sparked after President Macky Sall postponed elections that had been due to take place last Sunday, Agence France-Presse reported. The bill would see the release...
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Senegal is traditionally a “haven of stability and democracy” in West Africa, Agence France-Presse recently wrote. But President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone the West African country’s presidential election that had been slated for Feb. 25 changed all that. Demonstrations, often violent, have become common. Protesting...
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Deadly protests erupted across Senegal this week, following President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone the Feb. 25 presidential elections, a move that critics and analysts say will endanger the country’s reputation as a beacon of democratic stability in West Africa, the Associated Press reported. Hundreds of...
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Senegalese President Macky Sall indefinitely postponed the country’s elections scheduled for Feb. 25 over the weekend, a decision that raised serious questions about the state of democracy in one of West Africa’s most stable nations, the Washington Post reported. On Saturday, the president said the delay...
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Senegal’s leading opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko, is unlikely to be able to run in next month’s presidential elections following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to uphold a defamation conviction against him, and one by the Constitutional Council rejecting his candidacy, Al Jazeera reported...
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A Senegalese judge ordered the reinstatement of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on the electoral roll Thursday, allowing him to participate in the upcoming presidential election next year, Agence France-Presse reported. The recent ruling is the latest in a series of court cases over the past...
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Senegal’s supreme court dealt a major blow to embattled opposition leader Ousmane Sonko by effectively barring him from running for president in next year’s elections, the Associated Press reported. The high court nullified a decision by a lower court in the city of Ziguinchor – where...
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A judge in the southern Senegalese city of Ziguinchor ruled late last week that imprisoned politician Ousmane Sonko can run in 2024 elections, opening the door to opposition after months of protests, Africanews reported. Authorities had removed Sonko’s name from the electoral rolls, preventing him from...
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Senegal’s government ordered the dissolution of the political party of Ousmane Sonko this week shortly after charging the main opposition leader of fomenting insurrection, a move that risks exacerbating the tense political crisis in the relatively peaceful West African nation, Radio France Internationale reported. Sonko was...
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Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was charged over the weekend with plotting an insurrection, criminal conspiracy and other offenses, two months after his trial on a rape charge sparked deadly riots across the country, Reuters reported. On Friday, Sonko was detained following a scuffle with security forces...
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Senegalese President Macky Sall will not run for a third term in next year’s elections, ending months of speculation that have sparked political tensions in the West African country, the Financial Times reported. On Monday night, the incumbent announced his decision not to run in the...
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Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko has filed a 170-page-long court complaint in France against Senegalese President Macky Sall and top members of the West African country’s security forces for alleged crimes against humanity. The charges stemmed from the Senegalese government’s crackdown on demonstrators since March, Agence...
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Senegal ordered the temporary closure of some of its consulates abroad following attacks on its diplomatic missions this week, a move that came less than a week after the West African nation was hit with its worst unrest in decades, Reuters reported. The foreign affairs ministry...
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Deadly clashes in Senegal left at least nine people dead over the weekend, unrest that came after a court sentenced opposition leader and main presidential contender Ousmane Sonko to two years in prison on charges of “corrupting youth,” the Associated Press reported. Senegalese police clashed with...
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Thousands of people protested in Senegal’s capital against President Macky Sall’s moves toward a third term and his alleged crackdown on potential challengers for next year’s presidential elections, Africanews reported. The demonstrations in Dakar on Friday were organized by a group called the “Movement of the...
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Senegalese police and protesters clashed in the capital Thursday ahead of a court case involving a prominent opposition leader, a trial whose supporters say is aimed at preventing the politician from running in next year’s presidential elections, Al Jazeera reported. The skirmishes came as authorities escorted...
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