Heavy gunfire was heard on Tuesday in the capital of Guinea-Bissau near a government compound, where a cabinet meeting was being held, a Reuters reporter said. It was not immediately clear who was firing the gunshots. A security source with contacts inside the building said people had been hit by[Read More…]
Author: Reuters
Senegal’s Ruling Party Loses Key Cities In Local Elections
The ruling party of Senegalese President Macky Sall has conceded defeat in the capital Dakar and the southern city of Ziguinchor in local elections widely seen as a test of Sall’s popularity. The West African country voted in municipal and regional elections on Sunday amid growing tensions over whether Sall[Read More…]
Senegal Rejects Bid To Toughen Strict Anti-LGBT Law
Senegalese lawmakers on Tuesday stopped from passing to parliamentary vote a draft bill that sought to toughen already severe laws against same-sex relations. Gay sex is punishable by up to five years in prison in Senegal, where arrests and prosecutions have risen sharply, according to a 2020 global review by[Read More…]
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