Senegal

  • Jan 19, 2023
  • 2 min read

Pending Sonko trial may raise Senegal tensions

An investigating judge has ordered that prominent opposition figure Ousmane Sonko should face trial on rape charges

Senegal
  • Dec 19, 2022
  • 7 min read

Tensions will grow as Senegal approaches 2024 election

Arrests of journalists and crackdowns on opposition protests have increased fears of growing authoritarianism

Senegal
  • Dec 12, 2022
  • 7 min read

Insecurity will limit Sahel-coastal West Africa trade

Trade connections between landlocked Sahelian countries and coastal West African ones have been growing

West Africa
  • Sep 26, 2022
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Defection highlights Sall's dilemma in Senegal

Former Prime Minister Aminata Toure announced she was leaving the ruling BBY coalition's parliamentary group

Senegal
  • Sep 14, 2022
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Parliament choice signals party divisions in Senegal

The ruling BBY coalition in the National Assembly elected little-known Amadou Mame Diop as parliament president

Senegal
  • Sep 13, 2022
  • 7 min read

African Union post may aid Senegal leader's ambitions

Senegalese President Macky Sall is currently a little over halfway through his term as African Union chair

Senegal
  • Aug 12, 2022
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Sall's hold on new Senegal parliament will be fragile

The Constitutional Court has validated provisional results of the July 31 legislative elections

Senegal
  • Aug 2, 2022
  • 2 min read

Senegal election outcome will dent Sall's ambitions

Both the ruling BBY coalition and opposition parties claim to have won a majority in the July 31 legislative elections.

Senegal