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Senegal battles first major wave of unrest over vote delay
Reuters via AOL· 4 months agoDAKAR (Reuters) -Clashes between security forces and protesters on Friday gripped Senegal's capital...
Deadly protests rock Senegal as opposition leader sentenced to jail
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDAKAR (Reuters) -Nine people were killed in Senegal on Thursday in clashes between riot police and...
Senegal ruling coalition candidate Ba calls Faye to concede defeat
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba has called his rival, opposition...
Gabon reopens borders three days after military coup
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDAKAR (Reuters) -Gabon reopened its borders on Saturday, an army spokesman said, three days after closing them during a military coup in which President...
Senegalese police fire tear gas as Dakar braces for more protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal's security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse opposition...
Senegal's opposition candidate Faye won over 54% of vote, full provisional results show
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDAKAR (Reuters) - Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye won over 54% of votes in Senegal's...
Senegal President Sall says he will not seek a third term in 2024 election
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoDAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal President Macky Sall will not run for re-election in 2024, he said in a...
Female driver overtakes competition at Dakar race
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCheered on by her family, driver Fatumata Bah raised her arms in triumph after winning an amateur motor drag race in Dakar that saw four men and four...
Senegal opposition leader plans march to the capital
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDAKAR (Reuters) -Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Wednesday called on supporters to join him on a march of defiance to the capital after a...
Yellen says Russian oil price cap could save African countries $6 billion annually
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDAKAR (Reuters) -Russia's war in Ukraine is hitting Africans particularly hard by exacerbating food...