I recall on Friday 27 January 2012 I was standing with thousands of Senegalese citizens as well as fellow civil society activists from across West Africa at the l’Obelisque in the heart of Dakar awaiting the announcement of the Constitutional Council on the candidature of Pres. Abdoulaye Bah. At the […]
The current political situation in Senegal is simply the usual classical failure of leaders and institutions in Africa that squarely accounts for the bad governance, instability, and deprivation across the continent. The unilateral announcement by Pres. Macky Sall to postpone the February 25 presidential elections only to be fully endorsed […]
On Saturday 3 February, the President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, decided to postpone the presidential election initially scheduled for 25 February. The Senegalese Head of State announced this decision in a televised address. This sudden turn of events comes just a few hours before the start of election […]
The United Kingdom renewed its list of sanctioned individuals on Monday, including The Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh, his wife Zineb Jammeh, and former National Intelligence Agency chief Yankuba Badjie. The United Kingdom has maintained broadened travel bans and economic sanctions against the three for human rights violations. Jammeh, whose […]