Senegal News News Senegal » Politics: Senegal's Faye backs ex-president Sall's bid for UN top job, ministry says
DAKAR, July 20 (Reuters) - Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has endorsed former President Macky Sall's candidacy to become the next United Nations secretary-general, the foreign ministry ...
News Senegal » Politics: Senegal backs Macky Sall's bid for UN Secretary-General
Senegal has officially thrown its support behind former President Macky Sall's bid to become the next United Nations Secretary-General, marking a dramatic policy shift.
News Senegal » Politics: Senegal's president to set up new political party
The move follows weeks of political turbulence between Senegalese officials over how to handle the country’s debt crisis.
News Senegal » Politics: Senegal’s political avalanche
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye set off a political avalanche by firing his popular prime minister, Ousmane Sonko. Faye probably calculated that the move, announced late on Friday, could ...
News Senegal » Politics: Senegal parliament speaker steps down in political crisis
Sonko (left) backed Faye for president in the March 2024 elections but the two later fell out – Copyright AFP/File PATRICK MEINHARDT The speaker of Senegal’s ...
News Senegal » Politics: Friends turned rivals? Inside the political power struggle shaking Senegal
Once inseparable allies who campaigned under the slogan “Diomaye mooy Sonko,” President Faye and Ousmane Sonko are now locked in a unprecedented power struggle at the heart of Senegal’s government.
News Senegal » Politics: Senegal Political Unrest Killed 65 In Three Years: Citizen's Initiative
Political turbulence in Senegal resulted in 65 deaths between March 2021 and February 2024 as protests erupted against ex-president Macky Sall, according to a toll released on Tuesday. The Barron's ...
News Senegal » Politics: Second protest death deepens Senegal political crisis
A 23-year-old man died Saturday after being shot during clashes in the capital Dakar, two of his relatives told AFP – Copyright AFP STR Senegal’s political crisis ...