Senegalese courts on Thursday released two journalists and an opposition candidate who had been summoned over comments challenging the prime minister and the police force, their lawyers said, as criticism of the government mounts. Journalist Cheikh Yerim Seck and Bougane Gueye Dany, who is standing in upcoming parliamentary elections, were[Read More…]
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Senegal PM Vows ‘Corruption’ Probe Into Former Government
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Thursday, September 26 vowed investigations into what he termed “widespread corruption” under the previous administration, accusing it of having fiddled its financial figures. “The policy of unbridled indebtedness (under former president Macky Sall) has led to the use of resources that is not transparent[Read More…]
Senegal Ex-Ruling Parties Join Forces Ahead Of Snap Legislative Poll
The two former ruling parties of Senegal ex-presidents Macky Sall and Abdoulaye Wade have formed a coalition for a snap legislative election on Nov. 17 that may pose a big challenge to recently-elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Sall’s Alliance for the Republic party (APR) and Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS),[Read More…]
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