A prominent hard-left French politician, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is on a four-day visit to Senegal, becoming the first political figure from France to be received by the new ... Read more »
Public acclaim for Senegal's democracy is being followed by uncertainty about how President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his political mentor and now PM Ousmane Sonko might conduct ... Read more »
The ruling coalition's candidate, former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, has conceded defeat and congratulated his opposition rival Bassirou Diomaye Faye for winning the presidential ... Read more »
Senegalese-U.S. singer Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city. Akon first announced his idea for the utopian city back in 2018, and he ... Read more »
AllAfrica's Amadou Mahtar Ba, named by New African magazine as one of Africa's 100 most influential people, has "significantly impacted and realigned" the continent's media ... Read more »
A rights group is calling on the Senegalese government to ban access to pornographic websites which are "gradually taking over the country's cyber space", but others are not so ... Read more »
Senegalese opposition Pastef party has appointed Bassirou Diomaye Faye, secretary-general of the party and right-hand man of Ousmane Sonko, as its candidate for the February 25, ... Read more »
In a country whose presidents have held close ties with France, the former colonizer, Bassirou Diomaye Faye plans for a new national currency, breaking away from the ... Read more »
President Macky Sall said, during an interview, that the decision taken in February to postpone the presidential election was "in line with the rules and regulations" governing the ... Read more »
Thousands of supporters of Senegalese opposition leaders Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye rejoiced in Dakar as the pair emerged from prison, following their release an Read more »
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