Rebellious young people aren't a threat - they're the key to democratic reform
Situated on the westernmost tip of Africa, Senegal is a country that has long been associated with European and transatlantic trade due to its geography. Colonized...
Recently elected Senegal President Macky Sall. PHOTO/Pan African News Wire The party of recently elected Senegal President Macky Sall secured 119 seats in the country’s 150-seat...
Newly inaugurated Senegal President., Macky Sall. PHOTO/File Senegal’s new president Macky Sall has taken the oath of office, ushering in the country’s first new leader in...
Senegal President-elect., Macky Sall Senegal’s new president won the runoff election in a landslide, garnering nearly twice as many votes as the incumbent of 12 years,...
Incoming president Macky Sall (l) and outgoing president Abdoulaye Wade (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade admitted defeat in Sunday’s election, state television reported, ending his...
Opposition candidate Macky Sall (l) and incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade received an unlikely phone call from the president conceding defeat after the 2000 election....
Senegal presidential candidate., Macky Sall. PHOTO/File Macky Sall may be 30 years younger than the man he will face in the run-off election for Senegal’s president,...
Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade’s senior minister responsible for Presidential Affairs has quit. Mr Adama Sall has resigned the post and joined presidential contestant Macky Sall, who...
(Reuters) – Senegalese presidential challenger Macky Sall won new support on Friday as key figures in the country’s street protests urged their followers to vote for...
Former Senegal President., Abdou Diouf. PHOTO/File Senegal’s former president Abdou Diouf offered upbeat comments about the spread of democracy in Africa — including in his own...
Incumbent president of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade appeared at a news conference Monday, looking less gung-ho than usual, acknowledging he might not have won the required majority...
(Reuters) – Senegal’s presidential election will need to go to a second-round run-off, the campaign spokesman for President Abdoulaye Wade said on Tuesday after partial results...
Senegal’s leading opposition candidate says no candidate won the 50 percent necessary to win a presidential poll outright, making a runoff “inevitable.” Macky Sall said in...
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, right, casts his vote in presidential elections. PHOTO/REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal Voters booed Senegal’s president so loudly when he went to cast his ballot...
Former Nigeria President Olesegun Obasanjo The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government has approved the appointment of former Nigerian President,...
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade. PHOTO/File Police opened fire with tear gas Saturday on a commercial avenue in Senegal’s capital, as security forces wrapped up early voting...
Senegal’s ruling party said Thursday that it is canceling all political demonstrations, an announcement that comes a day before the nation’s opposition planned to hold a...
African leaders gave immediate former French president Jacques Chirac (pictured) and his prime minister Dominique de Villepin briefcases full of cash, notably to finance election campaigns,...
DAKAR, Senegal — Activists in the West African nation of Senegal are vowing to keep up their protests unless the president’s son resigns from his government...
From BBC: Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade has dropped some of his planned constitutional changes, officials say. He no longer wants to reduce the proportion of votes...
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s ruling party plans to change the constitution to lower the percentage of votes a candidate needs to win an election and to...
