Some might think it’s a joke and that in no democratic country would a Senegalese government official be arrested after 10 PM without a warrant, let alone held without trial for almost a year for what the Universal Declaration of … Read More
In a press release issued late on March 7, 2024, the Constitutional Council stated that the presidential elections will take place on March 24 and not on March 31, as previously decided during its session on March 6, 2024. Prompted … Read More
Despite the opposition of the majority of Senegalese, who believe that there can be no amnesty without crimes being judged and perpetrators punished, ninety members of the Senegal National Assembly hurriedly voted for Macky Sall’s bill. Forty members voted against, … Read More
In a turn of events, the long-awaited Constitutional Council finally, on March 6, 2024, set the date of March 31, 2024, for the presidential elections and rejected the proposals from Macky Sall’s national dialogue, pushing the elections to June 12. … Read More
Journalist and director of 7TV, Maimouna Ndour Faye, was stabbed on the evening of Thursday, February 29, 2024, while on her way home after recording her live show: “L’invité de MNF”. Maimouna Ndour Faye reportedly sustained multiple stab wounds. Related … Read More
Mojip (Mouvement National Jigeenou Pastef) began Women’s History Month with a press conference, calling for the release of Mère Ami Dia, a mother, wife, and member of Pastef who was arrested in July 2022 on suspicion of funding terrorist activities … Read More
