Senegal: The new president appoints a “rupture” government
The new Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye The new Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday appointed a “breakthrough” government largely composed of faces new to the general public and novices at ministerial level. The government announced to the press at the presidential palace includes 25 ministers, including four women, for Foreign Affairs, Fisheries, Family […]
Senegal: President Faye appoints Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, key figure in his election
Ousmane Sonko Newly installed Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye Bassirou Diomaye Faye named key figure in his election Ousmane Sonko as Prime Minister on Tuesday evening, according to a presidential decree. “Mr Ousmane Sonko is appointed Prime Minister”, indicates this decree read by the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic Oumar Samba Bâ […]
President Faye is the first to be officially polyamorous – two wives
In Senegal, the country’s youngest president to date has taken the oath of office. He is the first head of state to officially have two first ladies. In Senegal, the country’s youngest president to date took the oath of office and promised “systemic change” in his inaugural speech. Since the country’s independence from France in […]
Agriculture: Meeting the women who sow the future of Senegal
Korka Diaw, who has been growing rice since 1991, has become the voice of Senegalese women farmers, who have limited access to land and finance. In Senegal, women are reinventing rice growing methods to face climate change and ensure food security. Having become business leaders and activists, they also reinvent themselves. Aminata Niang, a Senegalese […]
Senegal: President Macky Sall receives Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko
Macky Sall and the new president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye could be definitively proclaimed winner of the Senegalese presidential election by the end of the week, completing an extraordinary and rapid rise to the top of the state. The anti-system opponent, accompanied by Ousmane Sonko, was received Thursday by outgoing President Macky Sall. “Courtesy”, smiles and […]
Togo: Faure Gnassingbé’s “warm congratulations” to the new elected president of Senegal
President Faure Gnassingbé The Togolese head of state Faure Gnassingbé sent this Thursday his “warm congratulations” to Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the new elected president of Senegal. The Togolese president wishes him “great success and complete success” in the exercise of the high functions that the brotherly people of Senegal have just entrusted to him. “I […]
Mauritania coach: I am happy with the result of the draw against the Moroccan national team. It is a miracle
Casablanca-Zeinab Lotfi Amir Abdo, coach of the Mauritania national football team, expressed his happiness with the goalless draw against the national team. In the friendly match that brought them together yesterday evening, Tuesday, he described the draw as a great miracle. Amir Abdo said in a television statement after the match: “I am happy with […]
Presidential election in Senegal: Amadou Ba concedes defeat
Amadou Ba concedes defeat Amadou Ba admitted on Monday his defeat in Sunday’s presidential election in Senegal. The candidate of the Alliance for the Republic, in power, called Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the candidate of Ousmane Sonko’s ex-Pastef on the telephone ”in order to congratulate him and to pray for him”, according to the report -spokesperson […]
Presidential election: Senegalese begin counting with undecided result
Senegal began counting the presidential ballots on Sunday after the first round of this election with a totally unpredictable outcome after three years of agitation and political crisis. The offices officially closed at the scheduled time of 6:00 p.m. (local and GMT) before immediately beginning counting operations, noted AFP journalists in two offices in Dakar. […]
Presidential: The Senegalese elect their new president after years of crisis
The Senegalese began voting on Sunday to elect their fifth president in a vote with a completely unpredictable outcome, which will decide between continuity and perhaps radical change after three years of agitation and political crisis. “We finally got there. Alhamdoulila (Praise be to God). Recent times have not been easy for Senegal which has […]
