Senegal

Senegal's president promises to organise election 'as soon as possible'

Senegal's worst crisis in decades was brought on by Sall's last-minute decision to push back the poll scheduled for February 25 until December. The move provoked a general outcry and violent protests in a country

Delay of 25 Feb Senegal election ruled illegal: When will the West African country vote now?

The delay in Senegal caused widespread protests and sparked the worst chaos the country witnessed in years with opposition parties leaders saying it amounted to an institutional coup

Senegal suspends mobile internet ahead of planned march over vote delay

The vote's postponement dismayed many in Senegal, one of West Africa's more stable democracies, in a region where military takeovers and constitutional manoeuvring have forced democracy into retreat in many countries in recent years.

Vantage | Why Senegal's reputation as West Africa's bastion of democracy is under threat

The international community has taken notice of Senegal's deteriorating political situation

Student dies as police opens fire at election protesters in Senegal

"The situation is deplorable. We came to pray and we got gassed. It's intolerable," Thierno Alassane Sall, one of the 20 candidates who had been due to vie for the presidency, told AFP

Why Senegal's election is delayed and what it means

Senegal, which won its freedom from France in 1960, has for the first time delayed its presidential election. Experts say the West African nation is in unchartered waters and its reputation as a beacon of democracy for the region is at risk

More than 60 people feared dead after boat capsizes off Cape Verde

The Cape Verde archipelago lies about 600 kms off the coast on the maritime migration route to the Spanish Canary Islands, which is a gateway to the European Union

Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko hospitalised a week into prison hunger strike

Senegal's jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who has been on a hunger strike in prison to protest criminal charges against him, was hospitalised Sunday, his party said

Senegal dissolves opposition party, restricts internet ahead of next year's presidential election

A major opposition party in Senegal was disbanded by the country's government on Monday, hours after the group's popular leader and president claimed that a judge had ordered his arrest

Senegal Clashes: 9 killed in deadly protests after opposition leader sentenced to jail

Sonko, the opposition leader was accused of raping a woman who worked in a massage parlour in 2021, when she was 20, and making death threats against her. He denies wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated.