Senegal’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Ukraine’s Ambassador to Dakar, Yurii Pyvovarov, in response to his calls to recruit Senegalese to fight in Ukraine against Russia. According to the ministry, the Ukrainian Embassy in Senegal published a post on Facebook urging Senegalese volunteers and foreign nationals in Senegal to join the war against[Read More…]
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Senegal: Protesters Demand Tougher Laws Against Same-Sex Activity
Thousands of people demonstrated Sunday in Dakar to demand a strengthening of the repression of homosexuality in Senegal after the recent rejection by the Parliament of a text hardening the laws on the matter, noted journalists of the AFP. “No to homosexuality,” chanted the demonstrators on the Place de la[Read More…]
Mali: Ecowas Set To Accept One-year Transition
On the sidelines of the last AU-EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Nana Akufo-Addo, the current chairman of ECOWAS, maintained that the sub-regional organization was ready to accept a twelve-month transition in Mali. On December 24, 2021, the transitional authorities in Mali and Ecowas parted ways without agreement on the duration[Read More…]