The 19 candidates vying for Senegal's presidency have begun criss-crosing the country ahead of the polls on March 24. Leading oppostion figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who is backed ... Read more »
Thousands of supporters of Senegalese opposition leaders Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye rejoiced in Dakar as the pair emerged from prison, following their release an Read more »
Following weeks of protests against the government's decision to postpone the country's presidential election, President Macky Sall has announced March 24 as the new date for the ... Read more »
The embattled President presented the amnesty move as a way of reuniting the country after bouts of unrest that have killed dozens. Hundreds of opposition members have reportedly ... Read more »
The documentary, Dahomey, directed by Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop, won the prestigious Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. The film follows the 2021 ... Read more »
Civil society organising protests against President Macky Sall's postponement of the February 25 polls have postponed their "silent march" after a ban by Dakar officials as Sall Read more »
The decision by Senegalese President Macky Sall to postpone presidential elections by 10 months poses a serious threat to the political stability and peace in the west Africa ... Read more »
The U.S. State Department has described as illegitimate the postponement of the country's presidential election. Senegal was plunged into its worst political crisis in decades ... Read more »
Breaking the Silence, a report by CARE International on the ten most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2023, concludes that - for t Read more »
A Senegalese court ruled that Ousmane Sonko, opposition leader of Patriots of Senegal (PASTEF) who is currently imprisoned, be added back on the electoral roll, according ... Read more »
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