A KFC restaurant ransacked. Public transport torched. Glass-paneled stations for a multi-million dollar electric bus link shattered. A water plant vandalised. Senegal is taking stock of the damage after the jail sentencing of prominent opposition figure Ousmane Sonko sparked the worst civil unrest in decades that threatens to dent progress in one[Read More…]
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Calls For A Gambian Mediation Intensify
In wake of the ongoing political imbroglio, some Gambians are hitting the reset button for Senegal to return to normalcy. They are calling on President Adama Barrow and opposition leader Ousainou Darboe to team up for peace to prevail in neighbouring Senegal. “What is happening in Senegal is pathetic,” Ceesay[Read More…]
Understanding The Situation In Senegal, Defend Democracy
Senegal is at the brink of collapse simply because Pres. Macky Sall is hellbent on standing for a third re-election in 2024 claiming that his first term (2012 – 2019) does not count. His surrogates and himself seem to maintain that the term limit began in 2019 following the constitutional[Read More…]
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