AA/ Dakar/ Alioune Ndiaye Amadou Mame Diop, member of the presidential coalition, Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY), was brought to the head of the National Assembly on Monday evening after an inaugural session which recorded a cascade of incidents. Due to start at 10 a.m. (GMT), the plenary started more than 4 hours late. Different interpretations, … Read more
AA/ Dakar/ Alioune Ndiaye Senegalese civil society organizations on Friday called on the president of the African Union to get involved in resolving the crisis in Guinea Conakry. The branch of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (Fndc) in Senegal and six Senegalese civil society organizations, including the “Y’en a marre” movement … Read more
AA / Dakar / Alioune Ndiaye Ousmane Sonko, leader of African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity (Pastef, opposition), expressed Thursday his support for Malian President Assimi Goita, whose country is in the grip of a serious security crisis. Head of the list of the Yewwi Askan Wi (Yaw) coalition for the legislative … Read more
AA / Yaoundé / Peter Kum The president of the transition in Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby, on Tuesday called on Senegal to support him for the next stages of the transition. On a friendly and working visit to Chad since Monday evening, the President of Senegal Macky Sall, who is also the current chairman of … Read more
AA / Dakar / Alioune Ndiaye François Mancabou, one of the 11 members supposed to operate under the name of “Special Force” and arrested following the banned opposition march of June 17, died at the Principal Hospital of Dakar (HPD). Mancabou is the only one of the group not to have faced the judge following … Read more
AA / Dakar / Alioune Ndiaye The Senegalese prison administration announced the escape from prison on Monday of Pape Mamadou Seck, arrested following the banned march of the opposition coalition Yewwi Askan wi (June 17) and accused of attempting to destabilize the country. According to the press release from the prison administration, the prisoner escaped … Read more
AA / Dakar / Alioune Ndiaye The summit of African Heads of State and Government for the implementation of the program of the International Development Association (IDA) for the countries of the continent eligible for IDA financing opened Thursday in Dakar. The IDA 20 cycle (twentieth replenishment of the Association’s resources) covers the period from … Read more
AA / Dakar / Alioune Ndiaye The main coalition of the Senegalese opposition Yewwi Askan wi (Yaw – Liberate the people) decided on Wednesday to participate in the legislative elections of July 31 without its holders on the national list, thus thawing a tense political situation since the rejection partial of its list of the … Read more