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Senegalese President’s party tipped to win legislative poll as some opposition concede

Dakar, Senegal Reuters Expectations were growing that President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s party would win Senegal’s Sunday legislative elections after two opposition leaders conceded while votes were still being counted. The heated campaign period had revived concerns about unrest as political rivals clashed, sometimes violently. The West African nation saw some of the worst political violence […]

Senegal’s new government has been appointed, PM Sonko says

Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegal has a new government with 25 ministers and five junior ministers, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said on Friday, following the President’s landslide election victory in March. The cabinet was approved by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, who was inaugurated on Tuesday and appointed Sonko, a key backer, as Prime Minister. Faye […]

Senegal’s Faye set to become president in opposition victory

Updated: 11:15am (AEDT) Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegal opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among disaffected youth, promised on Monday to govern with humility and transparency. Faye, set to be declared the next president after his main rival called him to concede defeat, thanked President Macky Sall and other candidates for respecting […]

Senegal opposition candidate Faye leads initial presidential election tallies

Dakar, Senegal Reuters The first polling station tallies of Senegal’s delayed presidential election on Sunday showed opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye taking the lead, prompting street celebrations after a peaceful day of voting that many hope will bring change. Millions lined up to elect Senegal’s fifth president following three years of unprecedented political turbulence that […]

After months in jail, Senegalese family vows to vote out ruling party

Dakar, Senegal Reuters When Aramata Djiba was arrested and taken with her four-month-old baby to a maximum security prison in Senegal’s capital Dakar, she said she felt it was the “end of the world”. “I had no hope…I cried for a week,” said the 29-year-old kindergarten teacher. She said she shared a cell, and a […]

Senegal panel suggests delayed polls be held in June to end crisis

Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegal’s national dialogue commission will propose a delayed presidential election be held on 2nd June and recommend President Macky Sall remain in office until his successor is sworn in, commission member Ndiawar Paye said on Tuesday. The West African nation, set to become an oil and gas producer by the end of […]

Senegal’s Sall promises to hold delayed presidential vote as soon as possible

Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegalese President Macky Sall on Friday said he would fully abide by a court decision that overturned the postponement of the presidential election to December, pledging to hold consultations to organise the vote as soon as possible. A bill that pushed back the 25th February poll and plunged the country into electoral […]

Three dead in Senegal protests over delayed presidential election

Dakar, Senegal Reuters The death toll amid protests in Senegal over the postponement of the presidential election until December has climbed to three, as concerns grow that one of the remaining democracies in coup-hit West Africa is under threat. The announcement of the delay just three weeks ahead of the planned on 25th February vote […]

Senegalese protesters clash with police over election delay

Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegalese security forces on Friday clashed with crowds of protesters opposed to the delay of a presidential election, as the justice minister rejected allegations that the postponement was an attempted power-grab. Less than three weeks before the 25th february vote, parliament voted to push it back to December, sealing an extension of […]

Three Senegal opposition lawmakers arrested after disputed vote delay

Dakar, Senegal Reuters Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers were arrested on Tuesday amid the fallout from parliament’s move to delay a presidential vote by 10 months that prompted West Africa’s economic and political bloc to call for the re-establishment of the electoral calendar. Lawmakers late on Monday approved a last-minute amendment to hold the vote on […]