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Senegalese New Yorkers Welcome President Bassirou Diomaye Faye During First Visit for the UN General Assembly

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell Members of the Senegalese diaspora gathered across from the Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations on 44th Street in Manhattan, singing and dancing as they waited for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s cortege to … Read More

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Official Visit to Touba and Tivaouane

On Monday, April 15, 2024, the head of state, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, made an official visit to Touba, the capital of the Mouride Brotherhood, and then to Tivaouane, the religious city of the Tidjaniya order. During both visits, he … Read More

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye outlines his priority projects in his first public declaration

Following the presidential elections on March 24, 2024, candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, projected by the election results to become the 5th President of the Republic of Senegal, made his first declaration to thank the Senegalese people and his allies, issue … Read More

Three young people killed, civilians and journalists manhandled by Police during protests in Senegal

by Africa in Harlem | posted in: Africa, African Diaspora New York, African Immigrant New Yorkers, African-American community in New York, Africans in New York/Africains de New York, Diaspora Senegalaise, Senegal, Senegalese Diaspora, Senegalese diaspora in New York |

Three young people shot dead, civilians and journalists manhandled by the police are the results of the 8th day of demonstrations following the announcement by President Macky Sall on February 3, 2024, of the repeal of the decree convening the … Read More

The Aar Suñu Elections coalition calls for a citizen response to Macky Sall’s downward spiral

by Africa in Harlem | posted in: African Diaspora New York, African Immigrant New Yorkers, African-American community in New York, Africans in New York/Africains de New York, Diaspora Senegalaise, Photos & News - African New Yorkers in Harlem and Beyond, Senegal, Senegalese Diaspora, Senegalese diaspora in New York |

“It was the Senegalese citizen who was attacked. It is the citizen who was robbed, so the response must match the aggression,” this is what one of the members of Aar Suñu Elections declared during their first press conference held … Read More

The U.S. is urging President Macky Sall to hold elections before April 2, 2024

On February 6, 2024, the U.S. condemned President Macky Sall’s move to postpone the presidential elections originally scheduled on February 25, 2024. U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement: “The postponement … Read More

Senegalese political activist Ousmane Tounkara released from immigration custody

Senegalese political activist Ousmane Tounkara was released from immigration custody on the afternoon of May 24, 2021 after a more than two-month battle with the US Department of Homeland Security. Tounkara ended up in the hands of immigration after an … Read More

African Health Innovations welcomes Senegalese toddler in need of critical medical care | African Health Innovations accueille une petite fille sénégalaise ayant besoin de soins médicaux urgents

by Africa in Harlem | posted in: African Immigrant New Yorkers, Africans in New York/Africains de New York, Diaspora Africaine, Diaspora Senegalaise |

[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] African Health Innovations, Inc. (AHI) warmly welcomed Ndeye Drame, a 3 year-old Senegalese girl and her mother who arrived at JFK airport from Senegal on March 5, 2017. Ndeye diagnosed with a complicated sex disorder called DSD … Read More