A parliamentary committee in Senegal yesterday voted out Aminata Toure widely called Mimi Toure, causing her to lose her parliamentary seat. This decision came following her exit from the Benno Bokk Yaakaar coalition which voted her into the Parliament in September last year. Mimi Toure is organizing a press conference […]
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Journalist Pape Alé Niang granted bail
Senegal – Journalist Pape Alé Niang was released today, January 10, 2023, after a two-stage incarceration that began on November 6, 2022. He has thus been granted provisional liberty accompanied by judicial control granted by the Senegalese judicial authorities. The Coordination of Press Associations (CAP) salutes the work and professionalism […]
Accident in Kaffrine: President Macky Sall declares a three-day national mourning
Following the deadly accident on the road to Kaffrine, President Macky Sall has declared a three-day national mourning period. “Following today’s serious accident in Gniby, which caused 40 deaths, I have decided to declare a three-day national mourning period starting on 9 January. An inter-ministerial council will be held on […]
Senegal: Tragic accident in Kaffrine leaves 54 dead
A tragic accident occurred in Sikilo along the Kaffrine highway in Senegal on Saturday night. The death toll from last night’s accident, which involved 125 people, including 38 lifeless bodies, 38 seriously injured and 49 slightly injured, according to a provisional report from a source close to the gendarmerie, has […]