Senegal’s ex-female Prime Minister Aminata Touré widely known as Mimi Touré has been intercepted at the Keur Ayib border post by Senegalese police. She made this revelation Sunday afternoon on her Facebook page. Aminata Touré claims she was on her way to Cassamance when the police at Keur Ayib blocked […]
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French lawyer Juan Branco faces 4 criminal count charges, remanded at Rebeuss prison
Arrested on Friday night in Mauritania, some 100 km from the capital Nouakchott, lawyer Juan Branco, a member of the Ousmane Sonko defense team, was finally remanded after midnight on August 6 at the Rebeuss prison in Dakar. According to Lawyer Ciré Clédor Ly, who recalls that the Franco-Spaniard “was […]
Ousmane Sonko’s PASTEF party banned
The Government of Senegal has banned PASTEF, the party of the leading oppostion figure Ousmane Sonko. This decision was announced in a press release signed by the Minister of Interior Antoine Dione on Monday, 31st July 2023. It is also indicated that “following the events which constitute a serious and […]
Senegal: Lieutenant-Colonel Arona Sarr appointed Commander of Colobane’s Gendarmerie Research Section
Senegal’s leading online news site Seneweb is reporting the reshuffle at the Research Section of the Gendarmerie in Colobane. Lieutenant-Colonel Arona Sarr has been appointed head of the Colobane Research Section. He had led, in particular, the brigade of Thionk (Centre-Ville). He replaces Captain Alioune Badara Fall. According to Liberation […]
