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  • FILE: Vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and a syringe. Picture: Joel Saget/AFP.

    Senegal issues denial after media report of deaths linked to AstraZeneca

    National vaccination coordinator Ousseynou Badiane confirmed that three people who had passed away several weeks ago had received the vaccine, but there was 'no established link' between the jab and their deaths.

    445 days ago
  • A man talks with a nurse after receiving a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Ngor Clinic in Dakar, Senegal, on 2 April 2021. Picture: AFP

    COVID-19 jabs available, but reluctance contagious in Senegal

    Many Senegalese have had doubts about the seriousness of COVID-19 from the start, and widespread scepticism about vaccines only grew with concerns over the AstraZeneca jab's possible link to rare blood clots.

    447 days ago
  • This hand out photo taken and distributed by Présidence Sénégal on 11 May 2020 shows Senegalese President Macky Sall announcing a softening of state emergency measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus during an address to the nation from the Presidential Palace in Dakar. Picture: AFP

    Senegal again postpones local elections

    The cabinet has approved the postponement and extended the mandates of those currently in office, a government statement said.

    468 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    Facing bleak future, Senegalese students turn against the government

    Employment prospects are also dire: Some 300,000 students graduate every year, according to Senegal's association for unemployed graduates, of whom only about 100,000 find work.

    474 days ago
  • FILE: Senegalese President Macky Sall. Picture: AFP

    Senegal president calls for day of mourning after unrest

    The declaration had led to restrictions, including a curfew in the capital Dakar -- measures which added to frustrations highlighted in recent protests.

    482 days ago
  • A Senegalese gendarme patrols and clears the streets of Dakar after supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko gathered and violent protests broke out in the capital, on 3 March 2021. Picture: AFP

    New clashes in Senegal after opposition leader charged with rape

    Protesters waved the green, yellow and red Senegalese flag and torched a car during the rally while denouncing the accusation against Sonko as politically motivated.

    484 days ago
  • Supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko protest in Dakar after he was arrested ahead of his scheduled court appearance to face a rape charge.

    Sonko in court as Senegal protestors urged to take to streets again

    Five people, including a schoolboy, have been killed in days of clashes sparked by the arrest, the worst violence in years in a country usually seen as a beacon of stability in a volatile region.

    485 days ago
  • Supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko protest in Dakar after he was arrested ahead of his scheduled court appearance to face a rape charge.

    Schoolboy among five dead in Senegal unrest

    Clashes first erupted between opposition supporters and security forces on Wednesday after the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, and escalated into the worst unrest seen in Senegal in years.

    485 days ago
  • A Senegalese gendarme patrols and clears the streets of Dakar after supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko gathered and violent protests broke out in the capital, on 3 March 2021. Picture: AFP

    West Africa bloc urges calm in Senegal

    At least four people have died in protests that began on Wednesday after Sonko, 46, was arrested on charges of disturbing public order in the capital Dakar.

    486 days ago
  • FILE: Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in the capital Dakar on 21 February 2019. Picture: Carmen Abd Ali/AFP

    Senegal opposition leader held in custody after clashes

    Supporters of Sonko, a former presidential candidate who is seen as a key challenger to President Macky Sall, had called for fresh protests to coincide with a hearing.

    487 days ago
  • A Senegalese gendarme patrols and clears the streets of Dakar after supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko gathered and violent protests broke out in the capital, on 3 March 2021. Picture: AFP

    Senegal clashes kill one after opposition leader arrest

    It was the first death confirmed in clashes since Sonko was arrested on Wednesday for disturbing public order as protests broke out ahead of his court appearance on a rape charge.

    488 days ago
  • FILE: Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in the capital Dakar on 21 February 2019. Picture: Carmen Abd Ali/AFP

    Senegal opposition leader to appear before judge over rape allegations

    Controversy has dogged Ousmane Sonko since last month, when Senegalese media reported that an employee at a salon where he went to get a massage filed rape charges against him.

    490 days ago
  • FILE: Senegal's 165-seat parliament voted on Friday to lift his legal immunity, with 98 MPs voting in favour of the motion, one voting against and two abstaining, local radio reported. Picture: pixabay.com

    Senegal parliament lifts immunity for opposition MP accused of rape

    Sonko finished third in 2019 elections that saw President Macky Sall win a second term in office, and is considered a future presidential contender in the West African state.

    494 days ago
  • The Minister of Health and Social Action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr (C) gets vaccinated - as the first one in Senegal - during the official launch of the vaccination campaign against the COVID-19, in Dakar, on February 23, 2021. Picture: Seyllou / AFP.

    Senegal launches COVID vaccination campaign

    A nurse injected Health Minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr first during the outdoor ceremony in the seaside capital Dakar.

    497 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    Senegal rebels accuse army of 're-starting' war

    The conflict in Casamance, which is separated from the rest of Senegal by The Gambia, has claimed thousands of lives since it first broke out in 1982.

    517 days ago
  • FILE: School students gather on their first day back at school in the popular Yoff neighbourhood in Dakar, Senegal, on 12 November 2020. Picture: JOHN WESSELS/AFP

    Senegal in talks to procure Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine

    The West African state is already participating in Covax, a global collaboration scheme with pharmaceutical firms to ensure equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

    538 days ago
  • By-standers try to put out a fire after protesters set a police check point alight during a curfew in Dakar on January 6, 2021. Senegalese President Macky Sall announced on the evening on January 6 the state of emergency with a night curfew for two regions including Dakar to stop the rise of the coronavirus. Picture: John Wessels/AFP.

    Protests erupt in Senegal capital over virus curfew

    Modou Niang, a taxi driver in Parcelles Assainies, said the curfew began just when he was supposed to start work.

    544 days ago
  • FILE: Beneficiaries of food parcels load their good onto a horse cart during the launch of the distribution of food at the Guinaw Rails cultural center in Pikine on 28 April 2020. Senegal kicked off a massive food distribution operation to help nearly half of its population cope with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is slowing down the economy of this West African country. Picture: AFP

    Senegal's coronavirus success divides experts

    The government closed its borders, schools, and mosques when the virus first hit in March, as well as banning large gatherings and travel between cities, and imposing a night-time curfew.

    586 days ago
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    200 Senegalese soldiers contract virus: official

    The Senegalese troops were part of a West African force first deployed in January 2017. They were there to assure a smooth transition of power after outgoing president Yahya Jammeh refused to concede defeat.

    658 days ago
  • Sudanese residents walk on sandbags to reach their houses along a flooded street in the capital Khartoum's southern neighbourhood of al-Kalakla, on 31 August 2020. Picture: AFP.

    200 killed in floods across Africa

    Aid needs are likely to surpass 2019 levels, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

    662 days ago
  • R&B artist Akon. Picture: Akon/Twitter

    'Home back home': Rapper Akon plans $6bn city in Senegal homeland

    The R&B star, boasting two multi-platinum albums, told a news conference he had laid the first stone for the city in the Atlantic Ocean village of Mbodiene around 100 kilometres south of the Senegalese capital Dakar.

    672 days ago
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