DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal inaugurated Africa’s youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison to palace within weeks. Last month’s election tested Senegal’s reputation as a stable
Former Senegalese Prime Minister Amadou Ba conceded the presidential election to opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye. Faye, backed by popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, has pledged to combat corruption and foreign interference. The election followed months of uncertainty after President Macky
The Senegalese government has set March 24 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election, according to an official statement issued Wednesday after a meeting of the Council of Ministers. SENEGALESE LEADERS PROPOSE JUNE ELECTIONS AFTER COURT REJECTS PRESIDENT’S DELAY
Security forces in Senegal have killed at least three people, including a 16-year-old boy, during protests in recent days denouncing the president’s decision to delay elections, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The rights group in a statement said protesters were killed during a
Senegal’s government restricted mobile internet access and hindered protesters as lawmakers debated a bill to extend President Macky Sall’s term. President Sall decided not to run for a third term in July but delayed the election due to concerns over candidate lists
Karim Wade, the son of a former president of Senegal and a strong political figure in the country, has renounced his French nationality to pave the way for him to run in next month’s presidential election. Wade said Wednesday in a statement
Nearly 170 migrants returned to Senegal on Wednesday after spending almost a week in limbo on a Spanish rescue boat. Deputy Mayor Lamine Ndiaye confirmed 168 migrants were safely transferred from a Spanish vessel to Senegalese authorities. They were expected to arrive
On July 10, a vessel carrying over a hundred migrants departed from Senegal toward Spain’s Canary Islands in a monthlong treacherous journey. Thirty-seven passengers were rescued off the coast of Cape Verde, while the others remain missing or were found dead from
More than 60 migrants are feared dead after a Spanish fishing vessel off the Atlantic island of Cape Verde rescued a boat that started with more than 100 aboard, authorities and migrant advocates said Thursday. Seven dead bodies were found on the
A migrant boat carrying about 155 people capsized as it headed to Europe from Senegal, according to the government Thursday. The incident occurred days after 90 Europe-bound migrants traveling on another boat went missing off the coast of Saint-Louis. The Atlantic migration