The police in Senegal say it is deploying 10,000 personnel across 6,341 polling stations for Sunday’s election As seven million Senegalese go to the polls on Sunday, the Police have identified the social media and candidates who insist their supporters remain at polling units to guard their votes, as the most likely source of security […]
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Senegal – Pre-Election Crackdown
Guarantee Fundamental Freedoms, End Arbitrary Detentions and Prosecutions The authorities in Senegal have cracked down on the opposition, media, and civil society. President Macky Sall’s promise to hold free and fair elections is at odds with the reality that the authorities have been filling prisons for the last three years with hundreds of political opponents. […]
Senegal does not need Sall. Its people must get rid of him. How many people can he put in prison? How many can he kill? My Senegalese citizens, don’t be afraid of this monste The momentum has been mounting from the barring of Ousmane Sonko and other opposition figures that have been seen to have […]
If there is anything that has proven to be an important backbone of democracy, it is the freedom of information. In recent years, many countries, especially in Africa, have witnessed a disturbing trend of governments resorting to internet shutdowns as a means to suppress dissent and control the flow of information, especially during electioneering periods. […]
Senegal’s Constitutional Council has published the final list of 20 candidates for the highstakes 25 February presidential election. Supporters of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade, are angry their candidates have been excluded from the list. The list was published late on Saturday evening, and includes […]
Dakar — Senegalese authorities must identify and hold accountable police officers who attacked, harassed, and tear gassed or detained at least 25 journalists reporting on protests over the country’s delayed poll and allow the press to report the news safely and without fear of intimidation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. “Police in […]
1 January 2023 marked the centenary of the birth of Ousmane Sembène, the Senegalese novelist and filmmaker hailed as the “father of African cinema”. Over the course of five decades Sembène published 10 books and directed 12 films across three distinct periods. He has been celebrated for his beautifully crafted political works, which range in […]
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African Leaders Wrap Up Peace Mission
President Cyril Ramaphosa has successfully held an audience with both Russian and Ukrainian leaders putting forward ten key elements of the African Peace Mission Initiative, despite numerous challenges the South African security personnel encountered in Poland. The African Peace Mission leaders from the continent met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday and Russian President […]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday denounced Senegalese authorities for repressing opposition leaders, media and civil society, in a report published only five weeks before the West African nation holds its presidential election. HRW highlighted numerous concerns in its report, mostly concerning the lack of press freedom, repression against the opposition and arbitrary detention, including […]
Dakar — Senegalese authorities must identify and hold accountable police officers who attacked, harassed, and tear gassed or detained at least 25 journalists reporting on protests over the country’s delayed poll and allow the press to report the news safely and without fear of intimidation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. “Police in […]
Cape Town — The interministerial council on road safety, established after the bus accident which left 40 people dead, has announced several measures to keep the roads safe. According to Prime Minister Amadou Ba, these measures “…are intended to be a break that could be described as structured, because all the stakeholders have been involved […]
As the troubled Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convenes its Ministerial Council meeting in Abuja on February 8 to discuss the quit notice served by three of its members – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – the situation in Senegal might well be the elephant in the room. Three weeks to the presidential […]
Supporters of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye were celebrating in the streets of Senegal early on Monday after provisional results in the presidential election suggested he was ahead of the former prime minister Amadou Ba in the race to replace Macky Sall. Millions lined up to elect Senegal’s fifth president from 17 candidates following three […]
Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has proposed a radical change of the political system and more sovereignty. That includes new partnerships with foreign companies. The election of Bassirou Diomaye Faye as Senegal’s new president confirms the political change advocated by the opposition party PASTEF and their coalition with Faye. A total break with outgoing […]
Sine Saloum, Senegal — A dense labyrinth of mangroves weaves through Senegal’s Sine Saloum Delta for hundreds of kilometers. Within the salty channels swims one of the rarest dolphin species in the world — the Atlantic humpback dolphin. With just 1,500 remaining on the planet, the species is classified as critically endangered. Scientists believe Sine […]
U.S., African and international partners should join to help Senegalese defend constitutional rule. The sudden actions by Senegal’s president to postpone this month’s presidential election by 10 months threaten to seriously undermine political stability and peace in a nation that has been a resilient democracy in West Africa, where multiple military coups d’état have occurred […]
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Senegal: Breaking the Election Deadlock
The Constitutional Council’s decision to overturn the postponement of presidential polls could provide a way out of the crisis. Opposition members from the Yewwi Askanwi parliamentary group have successfully challenged President Macky Sall’s attempt to delay the country’s elections. Several political prisoners were also released yesterday in response to domestic and international pressure. Sall’s decision […]
Yaounde — Members of Cameroon’s opposition parties are encouraging citizens to learn from Senegal, where a 44-year-old politician was elected last week as the youngest leader on the African continent. They say it’s time for change in Cameroon, where President Paul Biya, now in his 90s, has ruled for more than four decades and is […]