Senegalese President’s party secures large parliamentary majority
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Pastef party has won 130 out of 165 seats in legislative elections, securing a clear majority in parliament and a mandate to pursue promised reforms, provisional results showed on Thursday. Faye, who came to power in April after a landslide election victory, dissolved the house two years […]
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 heads to the polls amid fiscal crisis, threat of unrest
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Senegal will vote in legislative elections on Sunday that will determine whether the new president and government can gain control over the national assembly and push through their agenda for reforms. The high stakes in the election are threatening to spark renewed unrest following a period of calm. The run-up to the […]
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 […]
Crowds clash with riot police as Senegal’s Sonko sentenced to jail
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko threw rocks at riot police and set fire to busses on Thursday after a court sentenced him in absentia to two years in jail, hitting his chances of running for president next year. Sonko, 48, was accused of raping a woman who worked in a […]