Early results have radical change candidate ahead in Senegal election
Bassirou Diomaye Faye leads Amadou Ba, the candidate for the ruling party who has refused to concede, in the presidential vote Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate appears...
Category : Senegal
Senegal heads to the polls overshadowed by deadly protests
Country’s reputation as one of Africa’s model democracies under threat after weeks of violence Senegal heads to the polls on Sunday after weeks of chaos,...
African leaders call for equity over minerals used for clean energy
‘Crucial’ UN resolution attempts to avoid repeat of injustices produced by Africa’s fossil fuel sector In an attempt to avoid the “injustices and extractivism” of...
France should return much more looted African art, film-maker says
Mati Diop, the director of Dahomey, which charts the restitution of 26 objects to Benin, says the tiny number involved is ‘humiliating’ The first major...
Senegal: police and protesters clash in first major unrest over vote delay
Student reportedly killed in the northern city of Saint-Louis while Dakar sees clashes between security forces and demonstrators Clashes between security forces and protesters gripped...
Senegal riot police fire teargas to break up protests over postponed election
Mobile internet access has also been restricted, as parliament begins debate on bill to extend Macky Sall’s presidency Riot police fired teargas to break up...
Senegal president postpones election hours before official campaign start
Macky Sall cites dispute between national assembly and the constitutional court over rejection of candidates as reason for delay Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, has announced...
Actor reporting on asylum seekers finds brother among arrivals in Canary Islands
Thimbo Samb, based in Madrid, was reunited with his older brother who had made boat journey from Senegal A Madrid-based actor who had travelled to...
Boat carrying record 280 people from west Africa reaches Canaries
Wooden vessel is thought to have held largest number of arrivals to Spanish archipelago in one crossing A wooden boat crammed with 280 people that...
Cape Verde boat survivors say some jumped out to try to reach land
Some took parts of wooden seats for buoyancy after watching friends die on drifting vessel Facing hunger, thirst and a rising number of deaths, some...
