Senegal president asks France to close military bases
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told AFP Thursday that France should close its military bases in the West African state as it prepared to mark the 80th anniversary of a notorious colonial slaughter.
More than 20 dead in migrant shipwreck off Senegal
Rescuers pulled more than 20 bodies from the sea off northern Senegal on Wednesday after a Europe-bound boat loaded with migrants sank, a regional governor told AFP, with fears rising for the missing.
Senegal president pursues talks for new election date
Senegal is grappling with its worst political crisis in decades after Sall’s last-minute deferral of the February 25 election.
Hundreds protest in Senegal demanding new election date
Several hundred people demonstrated in Dakar on Saturday calling on the president to set a date to elect his successor before his term ends on April 2.
15 Senegal candidates decry delay in setting new poll date
Fifteen candidates in Senegal’s delayed presidential election have accused President Macky Sall of “ill will” and said they will take action to ensure a new poll date is swiftly established.
Senegal: Postponement of presidential election flouts constitution – Yiaga Africa
An international observer and Civil Society Organization, CSO, Yiaga Africa, yesterday, expressed deep concern over the postponement of Senegal’s presidential election which was earlier scheduled to hold on February 25, 2024 by President Macky Sall, and said it flouts that the country’s Constitution.
