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Africa: Senegal

 Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Senegalese opposition chooses new candidate for presidential election

Nov 20, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Following Senegal's Supreme Court ruling on opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's ineligibility last Friday, his Pastef part ...

Nov 20, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

These days, when a Senegalese fisherman climbs into a canoe, it's likely to be the last time -- either he is leaving his ...

Nov 18, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Embroiled in legal battles, Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko faces two court rulings against his running in th ...

Nov 18, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Senegal's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a judgment that had put detained political opponent Ousmane Sonko back in t ...

Nov 17, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

A West African regional court on Friday dealt a severe blow to detained Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's cha ...

Nov 3, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

The Senegalese activist Pape Ibra Guèye, known as Papito Kara , has died at sea while trying to reach Spain. Relatives ...

Nov 1, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

The Senegalese electoral commission has asked that Ousmane Sonko be placed again on the electoral lists after being rem ...

Oct 31, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Footage said to show a gay man's body being dug up from a grave and burned has shocked Senegal, triggering an investigat ...

Oct 25, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Senegal has stopped a collection of its first president's precious possessions from going under the hammer in France, sa ...

Oct 25, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Ousmane Sonko has slipped into a coma, his lawyers said on Tuesday. Senegal's main opposition leader has been under a ...

Oct 23, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Presidential candidates in Senegal have denounced a number of arrests of supporters as they collected political sponsor ...

Oct 18, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko says he has resumed the hunger strike he ended last month ahead of next year' ...

Oct 13, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

A court in Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's stronghold of Ziguinchor has ordered his reinstatement to electo ...

Oct 13, 2023 | Africa: Senegal

Moussa Ndoye, a 28-year-old beachgoer in Senegal's capital Dakar, gulps down the water from two plastic sachets in quick ...