The African Development Bank (AfDB) will provide Senegal with an additional loan of €5.01 million to continue the construction of a 25-hectare infrastructure project that is almost 80 percent complete. On December 8, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) “gave the green light for the granting[Read More…]
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Guinea: Ex Constitutional Court President Sent To Jail
The former president of the Constitutional Court, the court that validated the third mandate for Alpha Conde has been sent to prison. On Thursday 15 December, the former president of the Constitutional Court, Mohamed Lamine Bangoura was charged by the Court of Repression of Economic and Financial Offences for “alleged[Read More…]
Senegal Opposition MPs Detained For Assaulting Pregnant Lawmaker In Brawl
Senegal authorities on Thursday detained two opposition members of parliament for physically assaulting a pregnant colleague during a budget debate earlier this month, their lawyer said. A violent brawl broke out in the National Assembly on Dec. 1 when Massata Samb slapped Amy Ndiaye Gniby of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition[Read More…]