Tag Archives: Senegalese Democratic Party

Son of Senegal ex-president told to explain fortune

March 15, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

DAKAR — The son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was given one month by the nation’s anti-corruption court Friday to explain how he had come by assets allegedly worth over one billion euros, judicial sources said. Karim Wade is … read more »

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Presidential camp wins majority in Senegal legislative poll

July 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

DAKAR — Senegalese President Macky Sall’s coalition won a landslide majority in legislative polls, swooping up 119 of 150 seats in the national assembly, according to official results published Wednesday. Former president Abdoulaye Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party, which had dominated … read more »

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Senegal: Ex-president Wade not retiring from politics

June 18, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Dakar – Senegal’s ex-president Abdoulaye Wade, 86, who lost a controversial re-election bid in March, will not be retiring from politics, he said in an interview published on Monday. “There is no political retirement for me. As long as I … read more »

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Macky Sall’s election restores hope to Senegal

April 7, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Amy Niang The most salient outcome of the presidential elections in Senegal is a heightened, irreversible sense of empowerment; the notion that ordinary people constitute the first and most important institution in a democracy. After months of tension, fuelled by … read more »

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Senegal opposition mayor arrested over fatal shooting

December 29, 2011 by benim

A high-profile opponent of Senegal’s president and ruling party, who is also a mayor of a suburb in the capital Dakar, was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a fatal town hall shooting, his lawyer said. The arrest … read more »

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Facts about Senegal

November 6, 2010 by benim

Senegal has been held up as one of Africa’s model democracies. It has an established multi-party system and a tradition of civilian rule. Although poverty is widespread and unemployment is high, the country has one of the region’s more stable … read more »

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