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Macron's apology key step towards reconciliation between France and Senegal as Senegal honours victims of 1944 massacre

French troops have been ousted in recent years from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso after years of fighting Islamic extremists alongside regional troops. Earlier this week, Chad, one of the last countries in the region in which France had maintained a large military presence, ended a military cooperation agreement with Paris Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at …

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Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

Associated Press

THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal — Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave each time. The 86-year-old has no way of knowing which grave belongs to his father, M’Bap Senghor, one of likely hundreds of West African riflemen who fought for France …

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1 month ago

Senegal’s ruling party secures majority in parliament, paving the way for ambitious reforms

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s ruling party, PASTEF, secured a resounding victory in the country’s legislative elections, winning 130 of 165 seats, according to provisional results announced Thursday by the national vote counting commission. The win grants newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye a clear mandate to carry out ambitious reforms promised during the campaign, which include fighting corruption, revamping the …

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Senegal’s ruling Pastef party secures large majority in parliament

Al Jazeera

Senegal’s ruling Pastef party has won a resounding victory in legislative elections, securing 130 of 165 seats in parliament, according to provisional results. After the results were read out by the national vote-counting commission on Thursday, Pastef representative Amadou Ba told reporters the majority represented a vote of confidence that should encourage Senegal’s international backers. He said an opposition-led parliament …

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1 month ago

Senegal votes in election that will decide if president can carry out the reforms he promised

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Polls closed in Senegal on Sunday for a parliamentary election set to determine whether the country’s newly elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. More than 7 million registered voters in the West African country were choosing 165 lawmakers in the National Assembly, where the party of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye does not hold a majority. Faye, …

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8 months, 1 week ago

In some classrooms in Senegal, deaf and hard-of-hearing students now study alongside everyone else

Associated Press

PIKINE, Senegal — Mouhamed Sall stepped to the chalkboard with a glance and quick question in sign language to an assistant. “The new colleagues don’t know sign language but we still play together.” Mouhamed Sall, who is deaf, attends class at the Guinaw Rail Sud public high school in Pikine, Senegal, Monday, March 18, 2024. Mouhamed Sall, who is deaf, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

From prisoner to president in 20 days, Senegal’s Diomaye Faye takes office

Al Jazeera

As the 44-year-old is sworn in after a crucial election, we chart the road to victory for Africa’s newest and youngest leader. It was three days after Senegal’s contested March 24 presidential election – the day provisional results were announced – and there was a sense that something had turned: a new vigour for democracy brought about by the election …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Senegal’s fishermen pin hopes on new president to help them fill their nets

Al Jazeera

Dakar, Senegal – For the traditional, small-scale fishermen of Ouakam Beach in Senegal’s capital Dakar, inequality is just a glance away. “ knows how much a kilogram of rice costs,” said Gueye, “he’s young, he was born in poverty, he didn’t go to private schools abroad – he’s one of us.” For the past years under President Sall, legal fishing …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Senegal’s top court confirms Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s election victory

Al Jazeera

The 44-year-old will be inaugurated to replace Macky Sall, who ruled the West African nation for 12 years. Senegal’s Constitutional Council has confirmed the presidential election victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Faye – an anti-establishment candidate and ally of popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko – won more than 54 percent of votes cast in last Sunday’s delayed presidential …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s next for Senegal under likely President Bassirou Diomaye Faye?

Al Jazeera

Faye promises to review the West African nation’s mining contracts and ties with key nations. Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a previously little-known tax inspector freed from jail two weeks ago, looks likely to become Senegal’s next president after a vote that observers say is proof of the country’s democratic resilience. “I pledge to devote myself fully to rebuilding our institutions.” Faye …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Senegal election results: Who is Diomaye Faye, tipped to be next president?

Al Jazeera

Faye, a former tax inspector, has pledged to weed out corruption, restore stability and prioritise economic sovereignty. Senegal’s main opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appears to have won Sunday’s presidential election. The outgoing governing coalition’s candidate, former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, on Monday conceded defeat to Faye hours after saying he was ready for a run-off vote. In July 2023, …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Senegal’s women voters could make a miracle happen in presidential election

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque recounts the tumultuous events leading up to Senegal’s presidential election and how some voters are hoping for a miracle on Sunday. Thousands were released, including opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his deputy Bassirou Diomaye Faye – the election candidate representing the banned political party PASTEF. Described by his critics as the “billionaire civil servant” – billions …

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9 months ago

Vantage | How Senegal's people ensured democracy won before they vote

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Senegal’s journey towards democracy is far from over, but its story serves as an inspiration to nations across the continent and beyond In the heart of West Africa lies Senegal, a country with a unique story amidst the shadows of its colonial past. Despite facing legal obstacles that barred him from running for president, Sonko mobilised his supporters behind a …

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9 months ago

Senegal’s 2024 election: Why does it matter?

Al Jazeera

After an election delay and weeks of protests, 19 candidates are competing to succeed Macky Sall as president. More than seven million people in the West African nation are registered to vote on Sunday to pick a successor to President Macky Sall, who has been in power for 12 years. The move sparked deadly protests, as well as pushback from …

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9 months ago

Senegal to hold much-awaited Presidential elections on Sunday after repeated delays

Firstpost

Sunday’s election is set to be Senegal’s fourth democratic transfer of power since its independence. As many as 19 candidates will be competing in the Presidential race, the highest number in Senegal’s history Senegal will go to polls to elect a new President this Sunday. File photo Senegal will head to polls this Sunday to vote in a tightly contested …

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9 months ago

Senegal votes Sunday in a presidential election that has fired up political tensions

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal votes Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election that has fired up political tensions and tested one of West Africa’s most stable democracies. The election will take place after much uncertainty following President Macky Sall’s unsuccessful effort to delay the vote until the end of the year, sparking violent protests. In the latest turn of events …

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9 months ago

Senegal heads for wide open presidential poll Sunday

Hindustan Times

Seven million Senegalese are due to head to the polls on Sunday to vote in a wide open presidential election following weeks of chaos and uncertainty. The race is "the most open" of the 12 presidential votes held under universal suffrage since Senegal gained independence from France in 1960, said Sidy Diop, deputy editor of Le Soleil daily. "The greatest …

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9 months ago

After 12 years in power, Senegal’s Macky Sall leaves a fragile democracy

Al Jazeera

Amid the president’s attempt to delay the elections and protests by the opposition, how resilient is Senegal’s democracy? Dakar, Senegal – A year after his 2012 inauguration as Senegal’s fourth president, Macky Sall delivered a compelling speech – half in French, half in English – at Harvard University in the United States. Other controversies surrounding Sall’s presidency – including financial …

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9 months, 1 week ago

‘We want Sonko’: Senegal opposition boosted after leaders freed before vote

Al Jazeera

The release of firebrand Sonko and his right-hand man Faye could help opposition chances in the March 24 election to replace outgoing President Macky Sall. Celebrations broke out among Senegal’s opposition supporters after two of their top leaders were freed from jail 10 days before the country’s delayed presidential election. Firebrand politician Ousmane Sonko and his close aide Bassirou Diomaye …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Senegal’s top opposition leader freed from prison ahead of presidential election this month

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has been released from prison ahead of the presidential election later this month, triggering jubilant celebrations across the country’s capital. Sonko, who finished third in the 2019 presidential election, is popular among young people and his fiery campaign to tackle corruption has resonated in a country with economic hardship. Sall himself …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Tax inspectors to poultry boss: Senegal’s presidential candidates

Al Jazeera

Senegalese voters have a crowded field of 19 candidates to pick from when they vote this month to elect a new leader to replace President Macky Sall in a tight election whose delay sparked concerns for the future of democracy in the West African country. The vote on March 24 will take place after Sall’s attempt to postpone the election, …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Senegal sets delayed presidential elections for March 24

Al Jazeera

President Macky Sall has also dissolved the government and named Sidiki Kaba as the new prime minister. Senegal will hold its delayed presidential election on March 24, the government has said, following weeks of political turmoil and violent protests calling for an immediate vote. It is the latest twist in a charged Senegal where Sall’s decision to delay elections originally …

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10 months ago

Senegal’s Sall vows to exit office in April but election date still unknown

Al Jazeera

Opposition groups in Senegal have rejected President Macky Sall’s call for talks on the delayed elections. Senegalese President Macky Sall says he will end his term in April as expected but has not given a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday. “On April 2, 2024, my mission ends at the head of Senegal,” the president said …

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10 months ago

Senegal’s president says he’ll leave office in April, but gives no date for elections

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Thursday that he will end his term in April as expected, but he didn’t give a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday. Despite a lack of clarity on a new date, some Senegalese experts said Sall’s words Thursday showed his willingness to respect the Constitutional Council’s decision. “I’m …

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Macron's apology key step towards reconciliation between France and Senegal as Senegal honours victims of 1944 massacre

Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

Senegal’s ruling party secures majority in parliament, paving the way for ambitious reforms

Senegal’s ruling Pastef party secures large majority in parliament

Senegal votes in election that will decide if president can carry out the reforms he promised

In some classrooms in Senegal, deaf and hard-of-hearing students now study alongside everyone else

From prisoner to president in 20 days, Senegal’s Diomaye Faye takes office

Senegal’s fishermen pin hopes on new president to help them fill their nets

Senegal’s top court confirms Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s election victory

What’s next for Senegal under likely President Bassirou Diomaye Faye?

Senegal election results: Who is Diomaye Faye, tipped to be next president?

Senegal’s women voters could make a miracle happen in presidential election

Vantage | How Senegal's people ensured democracy won before they vote

Senegal’s 2024 election: Why does it matter?

Senegal to hold much-awaited Presidential elections on Sunday after repeated delays

Senegal votes Sunday in a presidential election that has fired up political tensions

Senegal heads for wide open presidential poll Sunday

After 12 years in power, Senegal’s Macky Sall leaves a fragile democracy

‘We want Sonko’: Senegal opposition boosted after leaders freed before vote

Senegal’s top opposition leader freed from prison ahead of presidential election this month

Tax inspectors to poultry boss: Senegal’s presidential candidates

Senegal sets delayed presidential elections for March 24

Senegal’s Sall vows to exit office in April but election date still unknown

Senegal’s president says he’ll leave office in April, but gives no date for elections