Senegal bans protests as mass rally planned against embattled regime
The Interior Minister in Senegal, Ousmane Ngom, has banned political protests in downtown Dakar, citing security reasons, just days before a mass rally planned to protest against Senegal’s embattled regime. ”For reasons of security, protests of a political nature are banned” in the downtown area, Ngom said in a ministerial decree, naming several government buildings and Independence Square where [...]
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade says he is willing to hold elections in 40 days
Abdoulaye Wade, the embattled president of Senegal, has broke his silence for the first time on Thursday since riots shook the West African country last month, making clear he plans to run for another term and issuing a challenge to his detractors who have demanded he step down. Abdoulaye Wade said that he’s willing to hold elections in [...]
Senegalese President accused of recruiting mercenaries from Ivory Coast
An opposition leader in Senegal, ex-prime minister Macky Sall, has accused President Abdoulaye Wade’s regime of recruiting mercenaries from countries such as Ivory Coast Sall, who is also a former interior minister, told foreign journalists in Dakar that Wade’s regime had “recruited mercenaries with bloodstained hands from Ivory Coast, Guinea and Nigeria” to be used to “kidnap opponents and [...]
Senegal to get a new Vice President in 2012
The cabinet in the West African state of Senegal has proposed changing the country’s constitution to create the post of vice president in time for next year’s election, making way for an automatic succession in the event of the president’s death. Senegal’s opposition criticized the proposal issued late Thursday, saying it is a way for President [...]
Government in Senegal reject independence referendum for Casamance
DAKAR, February 21, 2011 (AFP) – The Senegalese government on Monday rejected the idea of holding an independence referendum in its restive southern Casamance as requested by separatist rebels in the region. Writing in Senegal’s Le Soleil newspaper, government spokesman Moustapha Guirassy said that such an idea was “beyond the realms of possibility”. ”The situation in the [...]
Senegal – Two soldiers killed in the south by separatist rebels
ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (AFP) – Two Senegalese soldiers were killed and one wounded on Tuesday in a clash with suspected separatist rebels in Senegal’s troubled southern Casamance region, a military official said. The Senegalese army lost seven troops in fighting with the rebel Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) on December 27 in a previous incident. ”There was [...]
Senegal Told to Fight Graft in Order to Benefit from U.S. Aid
The U.S. administration has warned Senegal that maintaining a recent $540 million aid grant depended on its success in fighting corruption, after a series of incidents raising doubts over its anti-graft efforts. If the United States decides to withdraw the aid, it would create a huge political and economic blow to President Abdoulaye Wade, the [...]
Traditional African Medicine Gets a Boost as Gates Foundation Lends a Hand
The Gates Foundation has made an exceptional move by lending its support to the development of traditional African medicine. Senegal’s Organization for the Promotion of Traditional Medicine (PROMETRA) has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have given the Senegal Organization for the Promotion of Traditional [...]
Senegal’s $50,000 Gift to IMF Official
The government in the West African state of Senegal have admitted to giving a goodbye gift to an IMF official after his 3 year tenure came to an end. According to government officials in the country, the gift was an African traditional way of saying goodbye. The gift of $50,000 was given as a present [...]
