Senegalese

Senegalese authorities suspended the TikTok application on Wednesday until "further notice" due to the dissemination of "hateful and subversive" messages following protests against the imprisonment of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko on…

Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was charged with fomenting insurrection and his party dissolved, stoking concerns about further unrest two months after fatal clashes. Sonko, a presidential candidate and President Macky…

Senegal's public prosecutor has announced seven new charges against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko. The public prosecutor added that the new charges are unrelated to the outcome of a moral corruption case that sparked deadly…

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko led a peaceful protest banging pots and pans after authorities blocked a rally to publicly confirm he would run in next year's presidential elections. Sonko, dressed in red in a sign of anger,…

Birame Souleye Diop, an opponent of Senegalese President Macky Sall, was charged with offending the head of state, his lawyer announced. The chairman of the parliamentary group of the Yewwi Askan Wi opposition coalition and an executive…

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was sentenced to two years in prison a month ago, has called on the Senegalese people to "go out in droves" over the next few days, on the eve of an address to the nation by President Macky Sall, who is…

A criminal court in Dakar has sentenced Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years' imprisonment on a charge of "corrupting young people", while acquitting him of rape. The…

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko alleged says he was being "illegally held" by security forces and urged the public to protest. "I urge all Senegalese people to come out onto the streets," he said on social media, escalating a…

The trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges resumed in a court in Dakar despite the fact that he failed for the second time running to attend the proceedings. There was a strong security presence in the…

A new step on the road to peace for Casamance, a historic handshake on 13th May gathered the head of the Diakaye fighters, the governor of the Ziguinchor region and the representative of Senegal's government. In Senegal's southern region…