“Senegal is worth all the sacrifices” My fellow countrymen,I was tempted to keep quiet and live, in silence, my suffering to see the country I love so much sink into distress, but an inner path intercepted me to tell me that my mutism risked leaving negative and indelible traces in […]
Tag: Macky Sall
Understanding the Situation in Senegal. Defend Democracy
Senegal is at the brink of collapse simply because Pres. Macky Sall is hellbent on standing for a third re-election in 2024 claiming that his first term (2012 – 2019) does not count. His surrogates and himself seem to maintain that the term limit began in 2019 following the constitutional […]
OPINION: How Mimi Toure’s dream of becoming the first-ever female Speaker of Senegal’s National Assembly faded away!
Drama unfolded at the National Assembly of Senegal last week during the election of Speaker (President) of the former French colony’s 14th Legislature when the ruling coalition Benno Bokk Yaakaar, elected Dr. Amadou Mame Diop as Speaker instead of their head of Campagne Mrs. Aminata Mimi Toure, former Prime Minister […]
Senegal: President Macky Sall appoints Amadou Ba as new Prime Minister
The president of Senegal Macky Sall has appointed Mr. Amadou Ba as the country’s new Prime Minister on Saturday, 17th September 2022. Ba is a former minister of Finance and Economic Affairs. He also served as Foreign Affairs minister until 2019 when he was removed. The post of Prime Minister […]