Senegal’s jailed opposition leader announced Tuesday that he resumed hunger strike as an “act of solidarity” to his “courageous patriotic sisters.” The announcement comes at a time when a group of female prisoners tied to PASTEF have been on hunger strike over a week. They are denouncing ‘abusive detention conditions’[Read More…]
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Senegal’s Fed Up Movement Leader Rearrested
Police in Senegal have rearrested Y’En A Marre movement Coordinator Alioune Sané after Supreme Court overturned a judgement to release him from jail. “State prosecutors filed an appeal, challenging the court decision to release,” Y’ En A Marre’s Malal Talla aka Fou Malade told JollofNews in response to a request[Read More…]
Political Crisis Shakes Senegal’s Image Of Stability In A Volatile Region
As Senegal president Macky Sall arrived in New York for this week’s UN gathering, pro- and anti-Sall protesters faced off near the country’s UN mission, in the latest sign of the political crisis gripping the west African nation. A hunger strike by the country’s opposition leader, deadly protests ahead of[Read More…]
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