Tag: Presidential election in Senegal
opponent Ousmane Sonko calls to vote for his number 2 Bassirou Diomaye Faye
In an undated video, imprisoned opponent Ousmane Sonko names his number two Bassirou Diomaye Faye as his replacement in the Senegalese presidential election on February 25. 3 mins With our…
with the diggers of Kédougou, the last major city in the East
In Senegal, almost a month before the presidential election on February 25, our correspondents are traveling the country to meet voters. The town of Kédougou, in the far southeast, is…
Ousmane Sonko invested by supporters of his coalition during an online ceremony
Supporters of Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko officially nominated him, Sunday December 31, 2023, as their coalition candidate for the presidential election. A meeting was banned in Dakar on Saturday, so…
application files also received at Christmas
This Sunday, Christmas Eve, was a working day for employees of the Constitutional Council in Senegal. The body responsible for receiving candidacy files from presidential candidates has exceptionally opened its…
justice once again examines the removal of Ousmane Sonko from the electoral lists
This will perhaps be the last episode of the legal drama which pits Ousmane Sonko against the Senegalese State over his removal from the electoral lists. The Dakar court of…
the F24 platform calls for the release of pre-trial detainees prevented from voting
In Senegal, the civil society platform F24 has been calling for several months for the release of a little over a thousand people arrested, according to it, during the riots…
the Caliph of Touba bans all political activities
The caliph of the Mouride community has decided to ban political activities in the religious city of Touba, about a hundred kilometers from Dakar. And this, a few months before…
Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade should be able to be presidential candidates
Seven months before the Senegalese presidential election, the deputies voted, Saturday evening, August 5, a text which should allow the two opposition figures, Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade, to present…
the electoral reform examined in the National Assembly
In Senegal, the extraordinary session of the National Assembly concerning the modification of the law relating to the electoral code opened on Thursday 3 August. A revision that could allow…