Dakar, Senegal — AFP Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko predicted a comfortable first-round win for his coalition’s presidential candidate, in his first public appearance a day after being freed from prison. Sonko was greeted by hundreds of supporters outside a hotel in the capital Dakar, where he held a news confer...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Campaigning got underway in a festive atmosphere on Saturday for Senegal’s March 24 presidential election, after weeks of turmoil caused by its delay, as one of the leading contenders met voters. Khalifa Sall, a former mayor of Dakar, toured different neighbourhoods of the capital in the evening, greeting sever...
Diamniadio, Senegal – AFP Senegal’s President Macky Sall has proposed a general amnesty bill for political protesters arrested since 2021, as he holds talks to end fresh turmoil over delayed elections. The West African nation is facing its worst political crisis in decades after Sall abruptly deferred the February 25 presidential v...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The Senegalese Constitutional Council has approved the final list of 20 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25, but two opposition leaders, Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, son of former President Abdoulaye Wade, have been excluded. According to the final list released late Saturday, which left out th...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP An influential Senegalese religious leader has joined calls for detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to end his hunger strike, an official from his political coalition told AFP. A presidential candidate and head of state Macky Sall’s fiercest critic, Sonko has faced a string of legal woes since 2021 that he...
