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How an EU-funded security force helped Senegal crush democracy protests
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How an EU-funded security force helped Senegal crush democracy protests

Al Jazeera  

An elite EU-trained Senegalese police unit was meant to tackle cross-border crime. Dakar, Senegal / Madrid, Spain – The Senegalese government deployed a special counterterrorism unit, created, equipped, and trained with funding from the European Union, to violently suppress recent pro-democracy protests, a joint investigation between Al Jazeera and porCausa Foundation reveals. Internal FIIAPP contracts seen by Al Jazeera and …

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

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Senegalese opposition leader Sonko regains consciousness but remains on hunger strike, lawyer says
1 year, 1 month ago

Senegalese opposition leader Sonko regains consciousness but remains on hunger strike, lawyer says

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — A lawyer for Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said Thursday that the detained politician had regained consciousness but remains “in a very precarious condition” on hunger strike. Sonko, a popular figure with young Senegalese who placed third in the last presidential election, first began refusing food after he was placed in detention in late July. Branco told …

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Senegalese opposition leader in intensive care nearly three weeks into hunger strike
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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Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko hospitalized a week into prison hunger strike
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 …

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Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest
1 year, 6 months ago

Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — As gunfire rang out at a protest in Senegal’s capital, a man wearing khaki pants and a T-shirt shot Cheikh’s childhood friend in the chest. Men believed to be part of the recruited “nervis” also were spotted outside the ruling party’s headquarters in Dakar, Amnesty International researcher Ousmane Diallo told the AP. Government spokesman Abdou Karim Fofana …

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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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Thousands of Senegal opposition supporters begin 3-day protest
1 year, 9 months ago

Thousands of Senegal opposition supporters begin 3-day protest

Al Jazeera  

Tensions are growing in Senegal even as President Macky Sall could vie for a controversial third term – that the opposition says is unconstitutional – in the 2024 election. About 5,000 supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko gathered in the capital, Dakar, on Tuesday for a three-day protest to show support for the aspiring presidential candidate, who faces a …

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