Tag: Senegal

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Senegal: Journalist Pape Alé Niang rearrested

Investigative journalist Pape Alé Niang has been rearrested this evening by elements of the Criminal Investigation Division (Dic) in Dakar, Senegal. According to Liberation newspaper, Mr. Niang was taken to the DIC headquarters for questioning. The Dakar Martin boss Mr. Niang was released last week following his earlier arrest and […]

News, Politics

Two Senegalese opposition MPs sent to prison

Two opposition Parliamentarians from the opposition party PUR, were on Thursday sent to prison by a judge in Dakar, Senegal, Senegal’s leading online news site Seneweb reports. The MPs; Massata Samb and Mamadou Niang are members of the opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wii. They are prosecuted for the assault of their […]