Ebou Faye and Bakary Badjie, Mayoral candidates of the ruling party NPP in Banjul and the Kanifing Municipality were today, 30th April 2023 nominated by the IEC. The NPP candidate for Brikama Area Council chairmanship Seedy Ceesay was also nominated in Brikama today. In other parts of the country, the […]
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko will be tried on 16 May before the criminal division, Seneweb writes. This time, “Ousman Sonko will be tried for rape and death threats against the masseuse Adji Sarr in the Sweet Beauté case,“ reports RFM. Following the prosecutor’s statement following the confrontation between Ousmane […]
The Senegalese president Macky Sall has promoted Colonel Fatou Fall (a doctor in the Senegalese Army) to the rank of Brigadier General on Tuesday. According to Seneweb, this information was announced by the Minister of Armed Forces Sidiki Kaba. “The head of state has appointed to the rank of general […]
In Guinea, the ruling junta, led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has decided to remove Colonel Mamadou Alpha Barry and 26 other soldiers from the national army. Mr Barry had been sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison for aggravated theft. His sentence was however reduced to four years in […]