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Senegal’s ruling Pastef party secures large majority in parliament

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, 1 week 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, …

Election President His Supporters Supporters Senegal Dakar Faye

1 month, 1 week ago

Senegal enters last day of tense campaign ahead of key legislative election

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Politicians in Senegal wrapped up a tense electoral campaign on Friday ahead of a key legislative election this weekend that’s set to determine if the country’s newly-elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. Voters in Senegal will on Sunday choose 165 lawmakers in Senegal’s assembly, where the party of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye currently does not hold …

Party Senegal Dakar Faye Sonko

7 months, 1 week ago

Senegal's new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senegal's new prime minister, who …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Senegal's president-elect pledges to fight corruption after a stunning victory for the 44-year-old

Deccan Chronicle

Dakar, Mar 26 Senegal woke up Tuesday to a new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector and political newcomer who was released from prison just weeks ago and had inspired voters, many of them unemployed youth, with a vow to fight corruption and reform the economy. The election followed months of unrest ignited by Faye and Sonko's arrest …

Senegal Dakar Faye Sonko Tax Inspector

9 months ago

Senegal awaits the outcome of peaceful presidential election, following months of unrest

New Indian Express

DAKAR: Senegalese anxiously awaited the results of a presidential election Monday, following months of uncertainty and unrest that tested the country's reputation as a stable democracy in a region rife with coups. Analysts say a second round is likely, between opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye and former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, the candidate for the governing party. In the capital, …

Senegal Dakar Faye

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 …

Vote President Dakar Faye Sonko Sall Senegalese Election

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 …

Opposition Release His Supporters Senegal Faye Sonko Sall

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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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt nationwide

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to postpone elections as violent protests erupted across the country on Friday. Senegal is one of West Africa’s most stable democracies, but the presidential vote has been dogged by controversies from deadly protests that resulted in Sall announcing that he would not seek a third term, to the disqualification of …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senegal elections: Why has President Macky Sall postponed voting?

Al Jazeera

Last week, Senegal’s President Macky Sall unilaterally postponed presidential elections by several months just weeks before the planned date of February 25, sparking protests across a country already on edge from months of political tension. In his statement on Saturday, Sall said he would work to address issues that had arisen when a handful of prominent candidates were disqualified by …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Senegal’s opposition leader faces another setback in presidential race after application is rejected

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s top opposition leader on Friday suffered major setbacks in his quest to contest the presidency when a top court upheld the defamation conviction against him and the Constitutional Council rejected his application to be a presidential candidate on the basis that it was incomplete. “From the outset, the government has shown its willingness to invalidate Ousmane …

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1 year ago

Senegal’s opposition leader could run for president after a court overturns a ruling barring his bid

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was ordered to be reinstated on the electoral list Thursday, which could allow him to run for president in February’s election. The court of first instance’s decision overturned a November ruling by the Supreme Court that effectively barred the detained opposition leader’s bid to run. Ousmane Sonko will be reinstated on the …

President Senegal Sonko

1 year, 1 month ago

Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko’s bid

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — The party of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said Sunday it was sponsoring another candidate for the February presidential election, just days after Senegal’s Supreme Court effectively blocked Sonko’s own bid. In making the announcement, the party said Faye “is the candidate that Pastef will sponsor,” but specified that Sonko’s candidacy has been maintained. “Sponsoring the candidate …

Party Candidate Faye Sponsor Sonko Bassirou Diomaye Faye

1 year, 1 month ago

Ruling by Senegal’s highest court blocks jailed opposition leader Sonko from running for president

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s highest court on Friday effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year by overturning a decision that would have reinstated him to the West African country’s voter rolls. Senegal’s government formally dissolved Sonko’s political party earlier this year and canceled his voter registration after he was convicted of corrupting youth. …

Court Senegal Dakar Sonko

1 year, 1 month ago

Senegalese opposition leader Sonko sent back to prison after weeks in hospital during hunger strike

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has returned to prison after weeks of undergoing medical treatment in the hospital during a hunger strike to protest his detention on charges he says are politically motivated. The announcement comes just days before Senegal’s Supreme Court is due to rule on whether Sonko can take part in the upcoming February election …

Election Senegalese Sonko

1 year, 1 month ago

Senegal electoral commission says main opposition leader Sonko should be given sponsorship forms

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s electoral commission on Tuesday asked that sponsorship forms be given to main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, whose candidacy for the upcoming presidential election has been called into question over the past year amid a series of criminal charges. The ECOWAS Court of Justice said that it would render its verdict next week on Senegal’s dissolution of …

Senegal Sonko

1 year, 4 months ago

Senegalese opposition leader in intensive care nearly three weeks into hunger strike

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was put in intensive care Thursday, nearly three weeks into a hunger strike to protest criminal charges brought against him by Senegal’s government, his party said. After fainting during the night, Sonko was rushed into an intensive care unit in the same hospital, where he eventually regained consciousness Thursday, said El Malick …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko hospitalized a week into prison hunger strike

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who has been on a hunger strike in prison to protest criminal charges against him, was hospitalized Sunday, his party said. “Prior to his imprisonment, he was in good health and had no known illnesses,” said the statement from Sonko’s now-dissolved Patriots of Senegal party. The latest charges against Sonko came …

Prison Charges Senegal Dakar Sonko Bindard Branco

1 year, 4 months ago

Senegal suspends TikTok amid clampdown on dissent

Al Jazeera

Senegalese authorities have blocked access to social media app TikTok, widening a clampdown on dissent days after they dissolved the main opposition party and detained its leader. A power struggle between PASTEF party leader Ousmane Sonko and President Macky Sall has led to violent demonstrations at times and damaged Senegal’s reputation as the most stable democracy in West Africa. In …

Democratic Tiktok Senegal Sonko Pastef Party

1 year, 4 months ago

Two killed in Senegal in protests over arrest of opposition figure Sonko

Al Jazeera

West African country’s interior ministry says it is taking measures to ‘preserve peace and tranquillity in the country’. Two people have been killed in Senegal in protests sparked by the arrest of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, according to the country’s interior ministry. Senegal’s Interior Minister Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome on Monday announced that the government had dissolved Sonko’s Patriots of …

Senegal Sonko Pastef

1 year, 4 months ago

Senegal dissolves opposition party, restricts internet ahead of next year’s presidential election

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s government Monday dissolved a major opposition party hours after the party’s popular president and opposition leader said a judge ordered his arrest. Ousmane Sonko, a towering opposition figure widely supported by Senegal’s youth, was in prison Monday as he awaited trial for new criminal charges, said his party’s communications director, El Malick Ndiaye. Earlier on Monday, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Senegal dissolves opposition party, restricts internet ahead of next year's presidential election

The Independent

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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

Senegal enters last day of tense campaign ahead of key legislative election

Senegal's new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country

Senegal's president-elect pledges to fight corruption after a stunning victory for the 44-year-old

Senegal awaits the outcome of peaceful presidential election, following months of unrest

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

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

Tax inspectors to poultry boss: Senegal’s presidential candidates

Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt nationwide

Senegal elections: Why has President Macky Sall postponed voting?

Senegal’s opposition leader faces another setback in presidential race after application is rejected

Senegal’s opposition leader could run for president after a court overturns a ruling barring his bid

Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko’s bid

Ruling by Senegal’s highest court blocks jailed opposition leader Sonko from running for president

Senegalese opposition leader Sonko sent back to prison after weeks in hospital during hunger strike

Senegal electoral commission says main opposition leader Sonko should be given sponsorship forms

Senegalese opposition leader in intensive care nearly three weeks into hunger strike

Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko hospitalized a week into prison hunger strike

Senegal suspends TikTok amid clampdown on dissent

Two killed in Senegal in protests over arrest of opposition figure Sonko

Senegal dissolves opposition party, restricts internet ahead of next year’s presidential election

Senegal dissolves opposition party, restricts internet ahead of next year's presidential election