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Senegal: New Cabinet Lineup Revealed

September 8, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Senegalese Prime Minister, Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne, on Thursday formed a new cabinet, 24 hours after his reappointment by President Macky Sall. Speculation has been […]

Senegal: Opposition’s coalition to boycott future elections

August 11, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Senegal’s 91-year-old former president and main opposition coalition leader Abdoulaye Wade on Wednesday said the opposition would not participate in any future elections in the […]

Senegalese singer charged for ‘offending the head of state’

August 10, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

A court in Senegal on Thursday, formally charged a popular singer with “offending the head of state and broadcasting fake news,” AFP reported. Amy Colle […]

Senegal: voters prevented from casting their ballots in parliamentary election

July 31, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Hundreds of Senegalese voters were prevented from casting their ballots in parliamentary elections on Sunday, after a tense campaign between rival coalitions, local media reports. […]

Senegal: 91-year old Abdoulaye Wade to contest parliamentary seat

June 1, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

Senegal’s former President Abdoulaye Wade will run for parliament in July’s elections in the West African nation, local media reported. The 91-year old former leader […]

Senegal: farmers struggle to sell over 6k tons of local rice

April 12, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The Senegalese government has unveiled plans to suspend the importation of foreign rice to allow the marketing of local produced rice as more than 6,200 […]

Senegal-Morocco: President Macky Sall vows to beef up security over death of Moroccan student

March 6, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Senegal’s President Thursday pledged to clamp down on delinquency in Dakar and around the country in the wake of the death of a Moroccan student […]

Suspected foreign jihadists arrested in Senegal

February 24, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Police in Senegal has arrested two suspected foreign jihadists in the capital city Dakar, including one who had been in contact with the mastermind of […]

Moroccan-Senegalese Partnership, a Telling Example of Farsighted South-South Cooperation

November 9, 2016 Pawla Nibramich 0

Morocco and Senegal, which are bound by a centuries-old friendship and multi-faceted cooperation, are again offering this week a telling example of their partnership and […]