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  • Senegal's midfielder Idrissa Gueye attends a press conference in the capital Cairo, on 7 July 2019, on the eve of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 football match between Uganda and Senegal. Picture: AFP.

    Senegal steadfast in Cup of Nations quest, midfielder Gana Gueye says

    At the last Cup of Nations finals in Gabon two years ago, Senegal were also heavily fancied and enhanced that status with impressive performances in the group phase.

    1094 days ago
  • FILE: Senegal's midfielder Henri Saivet (L) congratulates forward Sadio Mane (R) on his goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group C football match between Kenya and Senegal at the 30 June Stadium in the Egyptian capital Cairo on 1 July 2019. Picture: AFP

    Mane misses penalty, scores twice as Senegal qualify

    The qualification of Senegal raised to 12 the number of teams who have secured places in the second round, which kicks off Friday.

    1096 days ago
  • FILE: Maitresse d'un homme marie" ("Mistress of a married man"). Picture: Facebook.

    Taboo-breaking TV soap on sex and women has Senegal in a lather

    In soap operas in other parts of the world, such coy depictions of sex would be considered unremarkable, even dreary.

    1116 days ago
  • Picture: GCIS

    Senegal gives suspended term to man who urged women be killed

    Ousmane Mbengue was arrested for comments that he posted three days after a girl in Tambacounda, eastern Senegal, was murdered following an attempted rape.

    1130 days ago
  • Senegalese President Macky Sall delivers a speech during his coalition's election campaign meeting at Lamine Gueye stadium in Kaolack, Senegal on 12 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Senegal's president officially declared election winner

    Provisional results announced by Senegal’s official counting body last week had showed Sall comfortably securing a second term without a run-off vote.

    1214 days ago
  • FILE: Senegalese President Macky Sall delivers a speech during his coalition's election campaign meeting at Lamine Gueye stadium in Kaolack, Senegal on 12 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Senegalese President Sall wins second term in office

    President Macky Sall has been given a second mandate to lead one of the fastest growing economies on the African continent.

    1220 days ago
  • FILE: Senegalese President Macky Sall delivers a speech during his coalition's election campaign meeting at Lamine Gueye stadium in Kaolack, Senegal on 12 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Senegal president on course for strong election win

    Media website Dakaractu.com said that Sall had won over 58% based on preliminary data from polling stations, while the commission source said he won 59.5%.

    1221 days ago
  • Senegalese President Macky Sall delivers a speech during his coalition's election campaign meeting at Lamine Gueye stadium in Kaolack, Senegal on 12 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Senegal president's camp claims re-election victory but opposition cries foul

    The West African nation has long been viewed as the region’s most stable democracy, with peaceful transitions of power since independence in 1960.

    1223 days ago
  • FILE: Senegalese President Macky Sall delivers a speech during his coalition's election campaign meeting at Lamine Gueye stadium in Kaolack, Senegal on 12 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Senegal holds vote with president tipped to win

    Official results are due out on Friday with a run-off for the top two on 24 March if no one secures a majority.

    1224 days ago
  • FILE: Senegalese President Macky Sall delivers a speech during his coalition's election campaign meeting at Lamine Gueye stadium in Kaolack, Senegal on 12 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Senegal heads to polls with president confident of victory

    His two biggest rivals - popular Dakar ex-mayor Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade, the son of the previous president - were disqualified after being convicted of corruption in trials questioned by rights

    1226 days ago
  • Picture: United Nations Photo.

    Senegal's modernising president leads field in upcoming election

    President Macky Sall, 57, is facing only four contenders in the first round of voting after two of Senegal’s best-known opposition figures were ruled out.

    1229 days ago
  • Senegalese President Macky Sall delivers a speech during his coalition's election campaign meeting at Lamine Gueye stadium in Kaolack, Senegal on 12 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Fireballs and lights: Senegal's president promises a brighter future

    Since Macky Sall was elected president in 2012, Senegal’s economic growth rate has risen to more than 6%, one of Africa’s fastest, and electricity has been extended to thousands of villages in poor areas.

    1229 days ago
  • Senegal President Macky Sall speaks during the closing talks of the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africas Development) summit in Dakar, Senegal, on 15 June, 2014, where African heads of state met to discuss the development objectives of this technical body of the African Union organisation. Picture: AFP.

    The 5 candidates running in Senegal's presidential election

    President Macky Sall is widely expected to win a second term in moves critics said represented a worrying crackdown on dissent.

    1230 days ago
  • A security agent stands guard during the campaign meeting of Issa Sall, presidential candidate and deputy president of the Senegalese "Parti de l'Unite et du Rassemblement" (PUR), on 3 February 2019. Picture: AFP

    Senegal arrests 24, seizes weapons after pre-election violence

    The violence erupted on Monday in Tambacounda, 400 km east of Dakar, pitching supporters of President Macky Sall against those of opposition candidate Issa Sall.

    1236 days ago
  • FILE: Supporters of the Senegalese "Parti de l'Unite et du Rassemblement" (PUR) gather on 3 February 2019, at the municipal stadium of Thiaroye, a suburb of Dakar, as campaigning for the upcoming Senegalese presidential election of 24 February kicks off. Picture: AFP

    Pro-govt supporter killed in Senegal clashes

    A police official told AFP the individual was stabbed during "scuffles" between the Unity and Assembly Party (PUR), which is led by opposition leader Issa Sall, and pro-government campaigners.

    1237 days ago
  • Senegal's opposition demonstrators hold pictures of the Mayor of Dakar Khalifa Sall and of former minister Karim Wade during a march to demand transparency in the 2019 elections, in Dakar, on 28 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Senegal court bars two opposition candidates from presidential vote

    The seven-member court late Sunday confirmed a provisional list issued last week that barred former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall and ex-minister Karim Wade because of convictions for misuse of public funds.

    1258 days ago
  • Senegal's opposition demonstrators hold pictures of the Mayor of Dakar Khalifa Sall and of former minister Karim Wade during a march to demand transparency in the 2019 elections, in Dakar, on 28 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Senegal court bars 2 opposition leaders from presidential vote

    The seven-member court barred, as expected, former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall and ex-minister Karim Wade because of convictions for misuse of public funds.

    1265 days ago
  • Senegal's opposition demonstrators hold pictures of the Mayor of Dakar Khalifa Sall and of former minister Karim Wade during a march to demand transparency in the 2019 elections, in Dakar, on 28 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Senegal presidential hopeful loses appeal against jail time

    Opponents of President Macky Sall say he has tried to silence political opposition ahead of the 24 February election.

    1276 days ago
  • Dignitaries pose for a photo at the official opening of African Civilisations museum in Senegal that put at the head of continental efforts to decolonise knowledge. Picture: Supplied

    Senegal opens African civilisations museum

    Senegal’s first President Leopold Senghor presented a post-colonial cultural vision of Africa 52 years ago.

    1303 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Pixabay.com.

    Senegal launches African ‘cyber-security’ school

    The school will provide training in combating cyber-crime for the security services, judiciary and private enterprises.

    1334 days ago
  • A new Human Rights Watch report on Senegal says girls live with sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse in secondary schools by teachers and school officials. Picture: @ZamaHRW/Twitter.

    Rights watchdog alarmed by sexual coercion in Senegal schools

    The practice is not just a violation of professional and ethical standards, but also a crime under Senegalese law when the student is under 16, Human Rights Watch said.

    1353 days ago
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