Tag: Senegal

Senegal's customs authorities have intercepted a record-breaking haul of cocaine, weighing over a tonne. The drug, concealed in packets and ...

Senegal’s new president has appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister in his first act as ...

Senegal has inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its president, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to ...

Senegal’s 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was named the country’s next president on Monday, less than two weeks after ...

Supporters of Senegal’s presidential candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, have taken to the streets of the capital, Dakar, in celebration as ...

Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has been released from prison, triggering jubilant celebrations outside the prison as well as ...

Senegal will hold its delayed presidential election on March 24, the government has said, following weeks of political turmoil and ...

Senegal's President Macky Sall has announced plans to provide general amnesty for political demonstrators from 2021 to 2024, seeking to ...

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Senegal's capital, Dakar, demanding swift presidential elections. It comes after the country's top court ...

Police in Senegal cracked down on protests in the capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested ...