Dakar, Senegal — A Senegalese fisherman’s collective is suing the owners of a fish meal factory, which they say has polluted their village and destroyed their livelihoods. The lawsuit is the first of its kind and could set a precedent for other communities fighting against fish factories. Some 40 people assembled outside the courthouse in […]
Senegal’s new “combat” government will prioritise purchasing power and employment, President Macky Sall said at the weekend after he appointed a new Prime Minister. Former foreign minister Amadou Ba was named head of government by decree – a position that Sall had abolished in 2019. The new appointment – as well as a government reshuffle […]
Amadou Ba will be the new premier after Senegalese President Macky Sall decided to reestablish the position three years after abolishing the role. Senegalese President Macky Sall reinstated the post of prime minister on Saturday, appointing Amadou Ba, the former economy minister, in the post. It comes at a time when the West African country […]
In July 2022 Senegalese voters converged at polling stations to elect 165 members of parliament (MPs) to represent them in the National Assembly. Despite a tense campaign period, low voter turnout (46%), and the opposition’s calls to secure the votes in certain localities, election day remained peaceful and highly competitive. From the eight major political […]
Lamin Dampha, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Trade told The Point in an interview that the trade flow between The Gambia and Senegal is increasing due to the current political climate. He said looking at the trade statistics, Ivory Coast and other countries were dominating the country’s trade. He added that recently they […]
Geneva — Inequity has plagued the responses to harmful pathogens. Take Covid-19: an unprecedented 11.9 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, helping many countries turn the tide on the pandemic. Yet more than 80% of people in Africa have not received one dose, some 18 months since the first person was vaccinated. As long […]
Holders Senegal and two other semi-finalists from the previous edition of the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations have qualified for this year’s tournament. The giants are among the countries that sealed their qualification for the competition to be played in Mozambique following the second-legs of the qualifiers over the weekend. However, the fate of […]
London — Several decades ago competition was introduced to the new African mobile markets. Competition was supposed to deliver three things: cheaper prices, better service and innovation. Several decades later Russell Southwood looks at how ideas of competition have stalled in key African markets. When first launched, the unstated assumption about competition was as follows. […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall’s coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament by a single seat, despite finishing first by a narrow margin in last Sunday’s polls, according to provisional results published on Thursday. This is the first time since independence in 1960 that the ruling party has lost an absolute majority in Senegal. The […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition has lost its parliamentary majority, the country’s electoral commission said on Thursday. The Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition won only 82 out of 165 seats following last Sunday’s election. The results challenge the claims made by the ruling coalition on Monday that it had won an “unquestionable majority.” It […]
Though official preliminary results are expected by the end of the week, Senegal’s opposition leaders maintained that they had defeated the government coalition in Sunday’s poll. “We won, and we will not accept that they steal our victory,” said Khalifa Sall of the Manko Taxawu Senegal alliance, one of eight formations vying for parliamentary mandates. […]
Senegalese citizens went to the polls on Sunday, for legislative elections where the opposition competed to challenge President Macky Sall’s majority, in the hopes of curbing a potential bid for a third term. Polls opened at 8 a.m. GMT and Senegal’s nearly 7 million eligible voters cast their ballots until 6 p.m. GMT, to elect […]
Senegalese citizens have headed to the polls on Sunday, for legislative elections where the opposition competes to challenge President Macky Sall’s majority, on the hopes of curbing a potential bid for a third term. Polls opened at 8 a.m. GMT and Senegal’s nearly 7 million eligible voters can cast their ballots until 6 p.m. GMT, […]
Senegal’s electors vote on Sunday in parliamentary polls. The ballot will decide the 165 seats of the single-chamber parliament for the next five years. Senegalese opposition figures say they hope for a weak performance by supporters of President Macky Sall, who controlled the out-going parliament. Sixty-year-old Sall, who was elected in 2012 for seven years […]
The African Development Bank, Africa50, and the newly launched Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on developing green and climate resilient infrastructure projects across Africa. The three entities will work together to galvanize financing and to drive the development of skills and expertise within the infrastructure sector. The […]
The Confederation of African Football on Thursday awarded Senegalese forward Sadio Mane African Player of the Year for the second time. The plaudit comes after a year in which Mane kicked the winning penalty for Senegal, and appeared in a Champions League final with his former club, Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool. Mane tallied just ahead of […]
Senegal and Cameroon advanced to the inter-confederation play-off for next year’s women’s World Cup on Sunday after wins over Tunisia and Botswana respectively. Senegal, who lost to Zambia in the quarter-finals at the Cup of Nations following a penalty shoot-out, progressed by the same method at the Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca. The match started […]
Senegal qualified for the inter-continental play-offs for the World Cup next year after beating Tunisia 4-2 on penalties at the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Casablanca on Sunday. The Lionesses of Teranga wrote their names in the history books of African women’s football when they picked one of the two slots for the […]