A judge in the southern Senegalese city of Ziguinchor has cancelled the removal of imprisoned opposition politician Ousmane Sonko from electoral lists, his lawyers and now-dissolved politica… Read More

A judge in the southern town of Ziguinchor on Thursday evening overturned the removal of imprisoned opposition politician Ousmane Sonko from Senegal’s electoral rolls, preventing him f… Read More

Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this week Read More

Five people have been detained by Senegalese authorities for selling Starlink terminals without requisite authorisation amid the government-enforced internet blackout that has kept the count… Read More

Riots broke out in Senegal's capital Dakar on Thursday after a court sentenced a leading opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, to two years in jail for corrupting youth, undermining his chan… Read More

Concerns that the social media platform is being used to incite violent protests have led Senegal to suspend TikTok across all mobile phone operator networks. In a statement released on W… Read More

The Senegalese presidential coalition has accused the opposition of “destabilising the country” after riots that have left 15 people dead since Thursday over the sentencing of op… Read More

Spain’s coastguard was on Tuesday searching for three migrant boats reported lost at sea by an NGO a day after rescuing scores of people from another vessel near the Canary Islands. A… Read More

DAKAR, evdeN eVe NakLiYaT April 24 (Reuters) – Senegal’s presidency on Monday announced it had released politician Idrissa Seck from his duties as head of the Economic, Social a… Read More

A court in Senegal has handed a six-month suspended sentence and a $300,000 (£270,000) fine to a leading opposition politician and throwing his presidential bid in doubt. Ousmane Sonko… Read More

The government in Senegal has deployed soldiers throughout the capital, Dakar, as residents brace themselves for more unrest. On Thursday clashes between security forces and protesters left… Read More

ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year annive… Read More

New Delhi: At the very least thirty-nine individuals had been killed and greater than 100 others injured when two buses crashed in a head-on collision in a single day on an arterial… Read More

Senegal, long admired for its history of political stability, should have celebrated its “exceptional” democracy at the same time as 61 years of independence April 4. Instead… Read More

Police and protesters have clashed in unrest across Senegal Violent protests have hit Senegal for a third day as demonstrators burnt cars and clashed with police after the arrest of an… Read More

Footage posted online on March 6 shows two men in civilian clothes chasing a group of protesters in the centre of Dakar, Senegal, and firing at them with live ammunition. The incident took p… Read More