Over 10,000 supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko massed at a field in the capital Dakar on Tuesday, the first of three days of planned protests in support of the aspiring presidential candidate, who faces a libel case set to resume this week. The demonstrations are the latest expression[Read More…]
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Mauritania Says Three Fugitives Killed After Prison Break
Three escaped detainees in Mauritania have been killed and one other detained after a shootout with security forces, the Mauritanian authorities said on Saturday. Earlier this week, the four inmates escaped the central prison in Mauritania’s capital, Nouakchott, during a breakout in which two soldiers were killed by gunfire, according to the[Read More…]
Spain To Extend Seasonal Migrant Workers Programme To Senegal
Spain is extending a so-called circular migration programme to its first sub-Saharan African country, bringing in at least 100 people from Senegal to work on its farms during the harvest season, a government source said. The programme, due to start in April, aims to replicate the success of a 22-year-old[Read More…]