Senegal police fire tear gas as the opposition protests at election delay
Senegal’s police have fired tear gas at opposition supporters who were protesting against the president's decision to postpone elections scheduled for Feb. 25
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Senegal’s police have fired tear gas at opposition supporters who were protesting against the president's decision to postpone elections scheduled for Feb. 25
West Africa’s regional bloc says authorities in Senegal should hold the presidential election this month as scheduled instead of delaying it by 10 months
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Senegal’s top opposition leader was released from jail late, just ahead of the presidential election scheduled to be held at the end of the month
Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may stand no chance of winning in Sunday's election, but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decadeslong campaign to achieve equality in the West African nation
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Senegal woke up to a new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector and political novice
Senegal is inaugurating Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its new president, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the palace in recent weeks
Senegal's president has dissolved the opposition-dominated parliament, paving the way for a snap legislative election after he took office on an anti-establishment platform
Results from Senegal’s tightly contested presidential election show a previously little-known opposition figure won over 54% of the votes
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has told a national dialogue that elections will be held before the rainy season begins around July, and reiterated his commitment to leave office before his mandate ends in April
Senegal’s top election authority has voided the president’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling in December, saying the moves were unconstitutional
Senegal’s government has restricted access to the mobile internet as opposition leaders and supporters launched protests against President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone the Feb. 25 presidential election over an electoral dispute
Senegal’s highest court has effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year