Daily newspapers continue to comment on the arrests following the clashes on Thursday March 16 between law enforcement and opposition activists. Opponent Cheikh Oumar Diagne, rapper Abdou Karim Guèye, alias Karim Xrum Xakh, and the mayor of Keur Massar Sud have all been “imprisoned”. The national secretary for communication of Pastef (opposition), El Hadj Malick … Read more
Published on : 23/03/2023 – 22:15 Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Kinshasa late Wednesday afternoon for an express one-day private visit to DR Congo. The former French President met with Head of State Felix Tshisekedi. This meeting comes at a time when relations between Rwanda and the DR Congo have been execrable since the resurgence of … Read more
Published on : 23/03/2023 – 01:47 As Senegal has been rocked by unrest since March 16, the day the defamation trial of opponent Ousmane Sonko began, Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Wednesday demanded that the government take steps to “preserve public order”. Senegalese President Macky Sall asked the government on Wednesday, March 22, for measures … Read more
In eastern DR Congo, nearly 800,000 individuals have been displaced in North Kivu province due to conflict related to M23, which is reportedly supported by neighboring Rwanda and has taken control of a significant portion of the province for a year. Displaced people camps around the province’s capital, Goma, are increasing with challenging living conditions, … Read more
In an interview with L’Express, President Macky Sall neither confirmed nor denied his candidacy for re-election in 2024. He stated that he has an agenda to fulfill and will reveal his position to his supporters and the Senegalese population when the time comes. Despite calls for a second five-year term from ruling coalition officials, Sall … Read more
Ousmane Sonko, Senegalese opponent, has claimed to have been a victim of an assassination attempt, according to local sources. This news comes after a person died during clashes between the police and Macky Sall’s supporters. Sonko has been hospitalized in Dakar since March 16 for an alleged illness caused by tear gas that was used … Read more
Published on : 21/03/2023 – 10:49 Hospitalized 5 days after breathing tear gas sent by the police during his forced transfer to the Dakar court, Macky Sall’s most prominent opponent, Ousmane Sonko, accuses the Senegalese president of having tried to poison him. The Senegalese head of state continues to maintain the vagueness on his possible … Read more
Star hunters of Senegal: President Macky Sall at the premiere of the film President Macky Sall will be on March 21 at 10 a.m. at the Grand Théâtre to attend the premiere of the film “Star Hunters” by Marame Kaire which relates the odyssey of a NASA spacecraft named Lucy which takes off from Cape … Read more