One of the opposition parties that contested last week’s presidential elections against President Adama Barrow has accepted the final results announced by the electoral commission. Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation For Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) said his party has not seen any tangible evidence of vote rigging during[Read More…]
Year: 2021
Lamine Diack: Disgraced Athletics Boss Dies In Senegal
The disgraced former head of world athletics’ governing body Lamine Diack has died at home in Senegal, aged 88. Diack, who was convicted of corruption last year, was president of World Athletics (formerly the International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF) from 1999 to 2015. In September 2020, he was found[Read More…]
Senegal Records First Omicron Case In Tourist Who Attended Demonstration
Senegal has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a tourist who attended a demonstration in the capital Dakar last month with about 300 people of varying nationalities, testing lab IRESSEF said on Sunday. The 58-year-old man was visiting from another West African country and[Read More…]
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