Vol 64 No 9 | SENEGAL Seck enters a crowded field 27th April 2023 Veteran former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has confirmed his plans to make a fourth bid for the presidency at the 2024 elections.
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 8 | SENEGAL Sonko stays out of jail, his supporters are off the streets 5th April 2023 A more lenient sentence on the opposition leader than expected allows the authorities to dampen down the protests Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's plans to contest next year's presidential elections remain intact despite losing a defamation case for accusing tourism minister Mame Mbaye Niang ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 7 | SENEGAL Sonko and the street take battle to Sall 30th March 2023 Dakar and other cities are facing a wave of protest against the government, tougher living conditions and the president’s plan to extend his tenure Searing criticism from what he had hoped would be a helpful government in Washington is the latest blow for President Macky Sall as opposition mounts against his government and his...
Vol 64 No 2 | SENEGALAFRICA IN 2023 Sall manoeuvres for a high-risk third term 9th January 2023 The president's camp is preparing for the 2024 elections and the challenge from Sonko and the growing opposition movement Ousmane Sonko, the charismatic leader of the Pastefs les Patriotes opposition party, is in full campaign mode for the presidential elections due in early 2024 – although Pres...
Vol 63 No 20 | NIGERSENEGAL Frank Timis, eco-warrior 6th October 2022 Australian-Romanian businessman Frank Timis, a veteran of stock exchange fraud and corruption scandals, is charging into agriculture, snapping up vast landholdings in Senegal and o...
Vol 63 No 19 | SENEGAL Weakened president in troubled waters 22nd September 2022 Electoral setbacks have left Macky Sall with a razor-thin majority, while he faces outcry over a suspected third-term bid 'A sorry spectacle'. That is how president Macky Sall qualified the scenes of fighting lawmakers at the opening of the Assemblée nationale, Senegal's 165-strong parliament, ...
Vol 63 No 16 | SENEGAL BBY suffers poll backlash 4th August 2022 Final results of elections to the 165-seat national assembly are yet to be confirmed – but the 31 July polls have delivered a major setback to the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalitio...
Vol 63 No 13 | SENEGAL Poll ban fans the flames 23rd June 2022 Ousmane Sonko, co-leader of the opposition Yewwi Askan Wi electoral alliance, promises major protests on 29 June in protest at the killing of protestors by security forces on 17 Ju...
Vol 63 No 11 | SENEGAL Macky Sall faces the third-term curse 23rd May 2022 Opposition candidates are coordinating across rural areas and provincial cities to break the ruling alliance's grip on parliament Opponents of President Macky Sall are assembling a broad alliance ahead of the parliamentary elections on 31 July. If they are successful, this will influence Sall's calculations a...
Vol 63 No 3 | SENEGAL Sall sags at polls 3rd February 2022 The die is not cast for President Macky Sall and his Benno Bokk Yaakar (BBY) coalition, as June's legislative elections loom. But the 23 January local polls show they now face seri...
