Tag: Senegal
In Senegal, Ousmane Sonko’s camp under threat of arrest
A portrait of Ousmane Sonko held up during an opposition meeting in Dakar on March 14, 2023. JOHN WESSELS / AFP Five days after being arrested, El Malick Ndiaye was…
Senegal: opponent Sonko denounces an assassination attempt
CHARGE. In a statement from a clinic in Dakar, the leader of Pastef did not go there by four paths to qualify the incidents that led him there. By Africa…
In Senegal, Ousmane Sonko against Macky Sall or the strategy of tension
In Dakar, March 16, 2023. JOHN WESSELS / AFP The staging is unusual to say the least. A gray sweatshirt on his back, a hood on his head and an…
Senegal repatriates 76 people from Tunisia and Libya
By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 03/17/2023 at 16:27 Nationals were repatriated on board Air Senegal planes. MANDEL NGAN The Senegalese government said on Friday that it had repatriated…
In Senegal, a former prime minister prosecuted for having arrested Macky Sall on an alleged donation to Marine Le Pen
Marine Le Pen’s trip to Senegal continues to make waves in the country. The meeting between the president of the National Rally (RN) group in the French National Assembly with…
In Senegal, journalists worried after a new arrest in the context of the Ousmane Sonko case
A demonstration demanding the release of Senegalese journalist Pape Alé Niang, in Dakar, November 18, 2022. SEYLLOU / AFP This March 3, 2023, on the set of “Balance”, one of…
In Senegal, in the hell of the Diamniadio construction sites
In 2014, Senegalese President Macky Sall launched work on the Diamniadio urban hub, a titanic project which plans to build 40,000 housing units, stadiums, set up fifteen ministries there, an…
In Senegal, Ousmane Sonko forced out of his car after appearing in court for defamation
Police and bodyguards escort Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko after his hearing at the Dakar court on February 16, 2023. ZOHRA BENSEMRA / REUTERS Senegal experienced a new outbreak of fever…
Dakar TER: Senegal 0, SNCF 1, pending extensions…
The superb Dakar station built in 1914 serves as the terminus for the new TER. Setter INVESTIGATION – A year after its inauguration, the Dakar TER operated by the SNCF…
In Senegal, “Chanel came to remind us that we have talent”
The micro-boutique of stylist Khadija Ba Diallo within the “19M Dakar” exhibition, at the Fundamental Institute of Black Africa (IFAN). PIERRE LABORDE Bringing back parts of the historic Dakar or…
Senegal: a soldier killed in an operation against rebels in Casamance
By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 01/17/2023 at 17:11, Update on 01/17/2023 at 5:39 p.m. Near Diouloulou, rice crops in the Casamance region of Senegal. 9elisa9 / stock.adobe.com A…
Senegal: at least 40 dead in a collision between two buses, a national mourning decreed
40 people were killed and dozens injured in a collision between two buses overnight from Saturday to Sunday in Senegal, where President Macky Sall declared a three-day national mourning. The…