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…]
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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…]
ECOWAS, Spain Sign MoU Worth €1.4M On Gender, Agric, Energy Support
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has on Tuesday in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth €1,496,000 with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain on support to ECOWAS specialised agencies. The statement by the ECOWAS Commission said that[Read More…]