Senegalese

A Senegalese journalist and prominent anti-government critic is “extremely strained” after a two-week hunger strike he launched in protest of his detention, his lawyer said. Pape Ale Niang, head of the Dakar Matin online news site, was…

A court in Senegal sentenced two lawmakers on Monday to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague on 1st December during an acrimonious parliamentary session that degenerated into a full-blown brawl. The men, Amadou Niang and…

Hundreds of Senegalese demonstrated in Dakar to demand legal action after numerous irregularities were found in a report by the Court of Auditors on the management of anti-Covid funds, journalists noted. The crowd gathered at the Place…

Senegalese authorities were searching for two male opposition lawmakers after they assaulted a female MP during a brawl in parliament last week. MP Massata Samb slapped Amy Ndiaye and she received a kick to her stomach from Mamadou Niang…

Lawmakers exchanged blows and hurled a chair in Senegal's parliament over a perceived insult towards an influential pro-opposition religious leader. An opposition MP slapped legislator Amy Ndiaye over her remarks, according to the…

Hundreds of journalists and political activists demonstrated, in Senegal's capital to demand the release of a Senegalese journalist and government critic detained earlier this month. Journalist union representatives marched along a…

Senegalese main opposition leader and presidential candidate, Ousmane Sonko, has claimed his innocence as he made his first court appearance in Dakar to respond to accusations of rape. “He has, as you can imagine, contested the facts and…

Senegal President Macky Sall appoints new prime minister a position he abolished in 2019 and reinstated last year, after July's tense legislative elections. A presidential decree named Amadou Ba, a former foreign minister, as the new…

Senegal seeks to boost the digital transformation of its companies with a new program called ETER. It was launched by Senegal’s Agency for the Development and Supervision of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (DASSME). Ethiopian…

Two Senegalese opposition coalitions, which have joined forces in preparation for the legislative elections scheduled for July, says they intend to be the majority in the parliament against President Macky Sall’s ruling party and prevent…