Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this week.
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A Senegalese opposition politician was on Tuesday charged with committing an offence against the president, his lawyer said, in a case over recent comments he made about President Macky Sall.
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Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Monday ended months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not seek a third term next year, clearing the way for open elections in the West African nation, long considered a bastion of…
Popular Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called on the public to "come out en masse" on the eve of a speech in which President Macky Sall is expected to announce whether he will seek a third term.…
Senegal on Tuesday shut down several of its overseas consulates including in Paris and New York after they were targeted by a fresh wave of protests that has rocked the West African country domestically and abroad. Young…
Director Ramata-Toulaye Sy.
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Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival’s top-rung competition lineup are well-known directors who have been around for decades. One dramatic exception this year is Ramata-Toulaye Sy,…
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A Senegalese court on Monday handed opposition figure Ousmane Sonko a six-month suspended sentence in an appeal of a defamation case that…
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Two Senegalese opposition MPs were handed six-month jail terms on Monday for physically attacking a female colleague in parliament.…
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In Dakar, three of our Observers have dedicated their lives to helping young people in Senegal through activism in the fields of education,…
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Senegal’s President Macky Sall fired his health minister on Thursday as his country mourned the death of 11 newborn babies in a hospital fire…