Senegal's prime minister Ousmane Sonko reasserted that all foreign military bases will be closed "in the very near future" as ...

Sall denied seeking a third term. The protests were exacerbated by the arrests in 2023 of the top opposition figures Bassirou ...

Senegal's parliament has approved revisions to an amnesty law covering 2021-24 protests, paving the way for possible ...

HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani sent a cable of ...

A top boss at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says his organisation hopes to finalise a new aid programme for Senegal as soon as possible after suspending its $1.8 billion credit line in ...

The amnesty was granted just before March 2024 elections as president Macky Sall sought to calm protests sparked by his ...

The standoff, exacerbated by the arrest of Sall's political rival Ousmane Sonko in 2023, became one of the most violent episodes in Senegal since it gained independence from France in 1960.

Sall denied seeking a third term. The protests were exacerbated by the arrests in 2023 of the top opposition figures Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko on charges that were largely seen as ...

The IMF pulled its aid programme in Senegal after the government of Ousmane Sonko said last September that economic data had been misreported by Sall.

FILE - Demonstrators run after police officers fired tear gas during a protest in support of the main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa ...