Senegal News
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In the northeastern nook of Senegal, one of the most stable and developed nations in the drought-hit Sahel region, carcasses of cattle lie in the sun, the fields have withered and food depleted. As scanty rains wreaked havoc across the belt, hitting drought-weary Chad, Niger, Mali and other countries, this west African hub is struggling to provide food to its
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Tens of thousands of people on Tuesday filled a Dakar stadium to pay homage to Senegalese football icon Jules-Francois Bocande who died in France on May 7. Senegalese President Macky Sall was due to speak at the ceremony, along with government ministers and sports authorities. Bocande's coffin stood draped with the national flag as a choir sang and people gave
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Senegalese President Macky Sall has declared over two million euros ($2.6 million) in possessions to the country's highest court, in an effort to improve transparency, local media reported Tuesday. The declaration was made public after being published in the government's gazette on April 24. Sall, who was elected on March 25 after a crushing victory over incumbent Abdoulaye Wade, owns
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Frenchman Pierre Lechantre has been appointed coach of Senegal in preference to compatriot Bruno Metsu, who guided them to the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals. Lechantre has previous experience of coaching in Africa having won the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations and Olympic title with Cameroon. The 62-year-old Lechantre replaces Amara Traore, who was sacked after a disastrous Cup of Nations
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Dakar - Authorities say they have arrested a powerful religious leader in Senegal and 11 of his followers after two people were beaten to death. Cheikh Bethio Thioune's arrest late on Monday comes amid criticism after he married a seventh wife, three more than is allowed under Islam. Thies Prosecutor Ibrahima Ndoye told journalists that Thioune was personally implicated in
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Host nation Great Britain will kick off the Olympic football tournament against Senegal at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground on July 26 following the draw made at Wembley here on Tuesday. Senegal became the final men's team to clinch their place in the tournament when they beat Oman 2-0 in a playoff in Coventry, central England, on Monday. Britain, who
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Senegal's new President Macky Sall named an ex-banker as his prime minister Tuesday and vowed his team would serve the public good a day after he was sworn in as leader of the west African nation. "Abdoul Mbaye is named prime minister," read a presidential decree. In his first televised address to the nation since his crushing victory over veteran
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Dakar - Senegal's new president Macky Sall, 50, was sworn in on Monday after a crushing election victory over outgoing leader Abdoulaye Wade and a transfer of power hailed as an example of democracy on the continent. Sall swore to "observe and enforce the constitution" while defending the "territorial integrity" of his country, at a ceremony in the gardens of
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After months of tension, fuelled by ex-President Abdoulaye Wade's obstinate bid for a third term, there is a great sigh of relief that Senegal has managed peacefully to elect a new president. Most western countries and international representations had advised their nationals and employees to pack and leave before the country collapsed into post-electoral chaos. But Wade's positive reaction to
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Dakar - Senegal's president-elect Macky Sall prepared Tuesday to take power after defeating veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade at the polls, leading to a smooth handover hailed as a democratic example for Africa. The 50-year-old former prime minister will assume office after his inauguration on April 03, leaving him a few days to form a new government which is expected to
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Senegal's peaceful handover of power from veteran ruler Abdoulaye Wade to his estranged protege Macky Sall is a boost for Africa where democratic transitions are rare, analysts say. "Recently we have seen a lot of dissent against autocratic and authoritarian rule in Africa," said Malawi-based political analyst Ben Chiza Mkandawire. "Therefore the election in Senegal will act as a point
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Dakar - Senegal's Macky Sall on Monday hailed a new era after triumphing over veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade in a presidential poll lauded by the world as an example for African democracy. Senegal was jubilant after an election that brought Wade's increasingly controversial rule to a crushing end and allayed fears that a disputed result might bring chaos to a
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Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade plunged his country into crisis as he insisted on seeking a third term but has tried to paper over any stains on his legacy by swiftly accepting defeat. Defiant to the last, Wade had said just days before the poll that the mere idea he could lose was as absurd "as the sky falling on our heads",
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Fireworks and dancing in the streets marked the concession of Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade to opposition candidate Macky Sall late Sunday, in a run-off ballot. The election continues Senegal's tradition of democratic successions since its independence from France in April, 1960. The 85-year-old Wade had sparked controversy by insisting that the two-term limit for serving presidents, enacted after he was
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Senegal's former prime minister Macky Sall told AFP on the eve of Sunday's presidential run-off he was confident he would thwart Abdoulaye Wade's third term bid, foreseeing a 70 percent win. In an interview at his home in Dakar, Sall was relaxed, despite the pressure of being the man heading an opposition juggernaut aiming to unseat Wade, who wants another
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Senegalese voters return to the polls on Sunday for the second round of voting in the presidential election, after campaigning closes at midnight on Friday night. The run-off, which became necessary when the first round produced no clear-cut winner, pits incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade against opposition leader Macky Sall. A 100-strong observer mission of the Economic Community of West African
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Suspected rebels on Friday killed a Senegalese soldier and wounded four others in the restive southern province of Casamance, military sources said. The soldiers were attacked as they came upon rebels "who were in the process of committing a hold-up" north of Casamance's main city Zinguinchor, and in the ensuing firefight "we recorded one death and four injuries," an officer
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Dakar - Macky Sall shot to political stardom to become Senegal's prime minister before falling out with his mentor, President Abdoulaye Wade, whom he faces on Sunday in his first shot at the presidency. Sall, 50, was once widely tipped to succeed the veteran leader before he fell from grace and left the ruling party following a meteoric rise which
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Senegalese superstar Youssou Ndour, who has lent his golden voice to politics, hit the campaign trail a week before run-off polls to rally support for presidential challenger Macky Sall. Ndour, along with all 12 presidential candidates who fell out of the country's electoral race in a first round of voting, are campaigning hard for Sall, to block a controversial third
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Ziguinchor - Relatives of over 1 800 people killed in Africa's worst maritime disaster say the case must not be buried as Dakar attempted on Monday to have a French inquiry into the accident annulled. In Ziguinchor in the southern Casamance region of Senegal, the air was heavy around a few white tombstones where victims of the 2002 Joola ferry
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Senegal's southern separatist movement, which has waged a low-level struggle for independence for three decades, said Thursday Dakar had shown no interest in their offer for talks in neutral territory. "The Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces reminds the world of ... its availability to sit at a table in neutral territory, outside of Africa to find a solution to the
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Senegal denied it was dodging its legal obligations by failing to extradite Chad's former president Hissene Habre or put him on trial, during hearings at the UN's highest court Thursday. Senegal was not looking for a way out of its legal commitments, Cheikh Titiane Thiam, the foreign ministry's legal and consular affairs director, told a hearing of the International Court
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Belgium launched a bid in the UN's highest court Monday to force Senegal to bring Hissene Habre, dubbed "Africa's Pinochet", to trial for crimes against humanity or to extradite him. The former Chad president, offered a safe haven in Senegal after his overthrow in 1990, deserved to be prosecuted for the terrible torture visited on his victims, Belgium's representative Paul
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Dakar - Senegal's opposition joined forces Sunday in a mass rally to block 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade from landing a third term in office and back challenger Macky Sall. Thousands gathered in the capital in a rally attended by the 12 presidential candidates who fell out of the running in February 26 polls and have formed a coalition they hope
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Senegal's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade on Thursday asked for three more years in office to finish his projects as he campaigned ahead of run-off polls in which he faces defeat by rival Macky Sall. The 85-year-old incumbent was speaking as he paid a visit to the country's most powerful Islamic brotherhood, the Mourides, in the north of the country. "I
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