DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 4 | SENEGAL Election delay triggers mass protests 6th February 2024 Citing concerns about the disqualification of two opposition candidates the outgoing president holds up the vote President Macky Sall's postponing of the presidential election scheduled for 25 February risks plunging Senegal into a deeper political confrontation. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 3 | SENEGAL Prime Minister Ba is poll favourite after court rules out Ousmane Sonko 23rd January 2024 Fears of mass demonstrations after leading oppositionist excluded from next month's elections. Confirmation that opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, will not be on the ballot for February's presidential elections came after the electoral commission announced the 20 candidates who have been... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 3 | SENEGAL A crowded field 1st February 2024 Now definitively excluded from the presidential race, the imprisoned Ousmane Sonko waits to learn whether his stand-in, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, will be allowed out of jail to campaign...
Vol 65 No 1 | SENEGAL Sonko's long walk to the ballot box 3rd January 2024 The leading oppositionist could still be barred from running in next month's presidential elections The suspense continues. On 5 January, the Constitutional Court will rule on statements from 13 parliamentarians in support of the presidential candidacy of Ousmane Sonko, leader of the...
Vol 64 No 19 | SENEGAL Sall's 'safe choice' hits turbulence 21st September 2023 After President Macky Sall announced in July that he would not seek a third term, 11 contenders for the presidential nomination of his Alliance Pour la République (APR)...
Vol 64 No 19 | SENEGAL Seck seeks DC clout 21st September 2023 Former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck has beefed up his international lobbying and campaign team by hiring Bruce Fryer, a US advisor for the non-profit Vanguard Africa and Future...
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 17 | SENEGAL Macky Sall cherry-picks his party's opponents 15th August 2023 Multiple contenders will vie for the presidency next year but leading oppositionist Sonko will be shut out Outgoing President Macky Sall has given the clearest indication that his successor will face a genuine election contest next year – but his leading opponent will be barred... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 64 No 17 | SENEGAL President Sall plays opposition roulette 8th August 2023 The opposition leader is detained, facing fresh charges but new laws allow an opposition mayor to run for president The battle between President Macky Sall, who stated in early July that he would not seek a third term, and opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is intensifying with the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 14 | SENEGAL No last stand 6th July 2023 Surprised relief greeted President Macky Sall's 3 July announcement that he will not seek a third term in next February's election – after months of insisting that he...
Vol 64 No 13 | SENEGAL Political divide deepens 23rd June 2023 Justice minister Sidiki Kaba – a former head of the International Human Rights Federation – has dismissed critics of the tough crackdown on the protests that followed the...