Senegal’s Faye set to become president in opposition victory
Updated: 11:15am (AEDT) Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegal opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among disaffected youth, promised on Monday to govern with humility and transparency. Faye, set to be declared the next president after his main rival called him to concede defeat, thanked President Macky Sall and other candidates for respecting […]
After months in jail, Senegalese family vows to vote out ruling party
Dakar, Senegal Reuters When Aramata Djiba was arrested and taken with her four-month-old baby to a maximum security prison in Senegal’s capital Dakar, she said she felt it was the “end of the world”. “I had no hope…I cried for a week,” said the 29-year-old kindergarten teacher. She said she shared a cell, and a […]
Senegal panel suggests delayed polls be held in June to end crisis
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegal’s national dialogue commission will propose a delayed presidential election be held on 2nd June and recommend President Macky Sall remain in office until his successor is sworn in, commission member Ndiawar Paye said on Tuesday. The West African nation, set to become an oil and gas producer by the end of […]
Three dead in Senegal protests over delayed presidential election
Dakar, Senegal Reuters The death toll amid protests in Senegal over the postponement of the presidential election until December has climbed to three, as concerns grow that one of the remaining democracies in coup-hit West Africa is under threat. The announcement of the delay just three weeks ahead of the planned on 25th February vote […]
Senegalese protesters clash with police over election delay
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegalese security forces on Friday clashed with crowds of protesters opposed to the delay of a presidential election, as the justice minister rejected allegations that the postponement was an attempted power-grab. Less than three weeks before the 25th february vote, parliament voted to push it back to December, sealing an extension of […]
Senegalese lawmakers vote to postpone presidential election to 15th December
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegal’s parliament on Monday voted to hold a postponed presidential election on 15th December in the face of public outcry that led some opposition lawmakers to blockade proceedings until security forces intervened. The move follows President Macky Sall’s unprecedented announcement of a postponement on Saturday that pitched the West African nation into […]
Senegalese President Sall postpones presidential vote
Dakar, Senegal Reuters President Macky Sall postponed Senegal’s planned 25th February presidential election, announcing in a televised address to the nation on Saturday that he had cancelled the relevant law due to electoral issues he warned would fuel disputes. With little more than three weeks to go before the vote, the unprecedented step of delaying […]
At least 15 migrants drown off coast of Senegal capital Dakar
Dakar, SenegalReuters At least 15 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal’s capital Dakar on Monday, Senegal’s President Macky Sall said on Monday. The incident occurred offshore from one of the country’s popular beaches in the Ouakam area in the early hours of Monday. Locals remove fuel containers from […]
From restaurants to water towers, unrest dents Senegal’s economy
Dakar, Senegal Reuters A KFC restaurant ransacked. Public transport torched. Glass-paneled stations for a multi-million dollar electric bus link shattered. A water plant vandalised. Senegal is taking stock of the damage after the jail sentencing of prominent opposition figure Ousmane Sonko sparked the worst civil unrest in decades that threatens to dent progress in one […]
Senegal government cuts mobile internet access amid deadly rioting
Dakar, SenegalReuters Senegal’s government has cut access to mobile internet services in certain areas because of deadly rioting in which “hateful and subversive” messages have been posted online, it said in a statement on Sunday. The West African country has been rocked by three days of violent protests in which 16 people have died, one […]