Tag Archives: Senegal

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye.   The President’s trip is on the invitation of the Republic of Senegal. A statement released by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, says President Tinubu, who is …

Senegal opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among the country’s disaffected youth, is set to be declared the next president after his main rival called him on Monday, March 25, to concede defeat.    Provisional results showed Faye with about 53.7% and Amadou Ba – from the …

Protests erupt in Senegal after the president indefinitely postpones elections. Senegalese President Macky Sall made a surprise announcement on Saturday – indefinitely postponing elections scheduled this month. He cited controversy surrounding the disqualification of some presidential candidates. The opposition has accused Sall of trying to cling to power, and protests …

Senegal winger, Krepin Diatta has accused AFCON organisers of corruption after his nation’s round of 16-exit to tournament hosts Ivory Coast on Monday evening, January 29.      The defending champions led the tie against the surprise knockout-stage qualifiers after Habib Diallo scored in the fourth minute in the half time. …

 Host nation, Ivory Coast have knocked out the defending champions Senegal to reach the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations. The round of 16 tie on Monday, January 30,  finished in a 1 – 1 draw but it was Ivory Coast who were victorious in the penalty shootout. Ivory …

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Pape Matar Sarr looks set to be an injury doubt for the Africa Cup of Nations after picking up an injury in Spurs’ 3-1 win over Bournemough on Sunday. Sarr fired Ange Postecoglou’s side into the lead with nine minutes on the clock at the Tottenham Hotspur …

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. Two “lifeless male bodies” were discovered in the …

President Macky Sall said ‘around 15 Senegalese people’ died in the accident after their boat capsized near Dakar. At least 15 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized off the coast of the capital Dakar, according to Senegal’s President Macky Sall, in the latest tragedy involving …

Demonstrators battled with security forces to protest a two-year prison sentence given to a leading opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko.

EXPLAINER Supporters of opposition figure denounce charges and two-year sentence as a ploy to prevent him from running in presidential elections next year. Nine people have died in clashes that erupted after Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years in prison. Sonko’s supporters threw rocks at riot …