Tag Archives: Sénégal

[Nile Post] When it comes to the comparison between Senegal and Ugandan politics, there are some similarities and differences to consider.

[Foroyaa] Senegal’s President-elect has in his first victory speech called for national reconciliation and the reconstruction of the bases of their peaceful co-existence in his first victory speech.

[Vanguard] Bassirou Diomaye Faye has emerged as Senegal’s President-elect after an unprecedented victory at the presidential election on Sunday, March 24, 2024.

[Premium Times] President Macky Sall of Senegal has bemoaned the high cost of organising elections in Africa.

[RFI] Only two weeks ago, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sitting in a prison cell. Faye was arrested almost a year ago for « spreading false news, contempt of court, and defamation of a constituted body. He is now set to be inaugurated as Senegal’s president.

[Agenzia Fides] Dakar — « It is a great proof of democracy on the part of the Senegalese », says Father Bruno Favero, OMI missionary in Senegal for 30 years, commenting on the electoral victory of the opposition Bassirou Diomaye Faye (see Fides, 25/3/2024) who until 10 days ago was still in …

[Leadership] Chairperson of the Regional Centre for Governance and Security Policy Initiative (RCGSP), Jonathan Sandy, has described the presidential poll in Senegalese won by Bassirou Faye as another success story in the West Africa sub-region after the conduct of similar poll in Liberia.

[DW] Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, vowed to fight corruption and promote greater prosperity. Analysts say he might need Ousmane Sonko to fulfill that pledge.

[Premium Times] Like Mr Ba, some of the other 15 presidential candidates in Senegal have also congratulated Mr Faye.

[The Conversation Africa] Macky Sall’s legacy as Senegal’s president since 2012 became more complex in his last year in office. The year was so filled with transgressions that they appeared to have tarnished his reputation indelibly.