Published on : 19/09/2022 – 22:49
In Senegal, the new government led by Amadou Ba, appointed Prime Minister on Friday, takes office while the opposition has largely gained ground in the last elections.
In particular during the legislative elections of July 31 where the majority in power lost 45 seats of deputies out of 162, retaining its absolute majority of narrowly. The government team has also been largely overhauled to win back the Senegalese 17 months before the presidential election, in the face of this growing opposition.
As the world was able to witness the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, many countries, including the former colonies of the United Kingdom, recalled the crimes committed by the British government. Kenya, where the Princess became Queen, does not forget the bloody suppression of the Mau-Mau rebellion between 1952 and 1956. During this period, nearly a million Kenyans were placed in detention camps, thousands were killed.
Returning from a brief stay in Congo Brazzaville with nearly 2 million euros in his suitcases, opponent Guy Nzouba Ndama was arrested and placed in police custody in Franceville. The Democrats, the party of which he is the president and probable presidential candidate of 2023, denounces “a humiliating staging”.