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Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

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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Senegal heads for wide open presidential poll Sunday
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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Nine dead as protests rock Senegal after Sonko jail sentence
1 year, 6 months ago

Nine dead as protests rock Senegal after Sonko jail sentence

Al Jazeera  

Interior Minister Antoine Diome said nine protesters died in the capital Dakar and the southern town of Ziguinchor. At least nine people were killed in Senegal in clashes between riot police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko following a court sentencing him to two years in jail, the country’s interior ministry said. “We have noted, with regret, violence that …

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One dead, 30 injured in new wave of unrest in Senegal
1 year, 7 months ago

One dead, 30 injured in new wave of unrest in Senegal

Al Jazeera  

Protesters have taken to the streets in capital Dakar against what they call an increasingly repressive state. Violence during protests in the Ngor neighbourhood of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, has killed one teenager and wounded 30 people as young protesters took to the streets against an increasingly “repressive state”. “We have to maintain operations to keep law and order to …

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40 Dead, 85 Injured in Senegal Bus Accident
1 year, 11 months ago

40 Dead, 85 Injured in Senegal Bus Accident

News 18  

Forty people were killed and 85 were injured when two buses crashed in a head-on collision overnight on an arterial road in Senegal’s central Kaffrine region, the government said on Sunday. “In view of this tragedy, the head of state extends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured,” the government …

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