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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 »
Senegalese police again questioned the son and ex-minister of former president Abdoulaye Wade on… Senegalese police again questioned the son and ex-minister of former president Abdoulaye Wade on Thursday as part of a probe into the old regime, local media … read more »
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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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The AU and ECOWAS need to act consistently and decisively to protect and uphold democracy when it is threatened by either military or civilian coups. In the last two weeks Africa’s democracy encountered two major events. In Senegal, a new … read more »
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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’s newly elected President Macky Sall has named his first cabinet just two days being sworn into office. Senegalese state television announced late Wednesday the president has appointed music icon Youssou Ndour to the culture and tourism ministry and former … read more »
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Senegalese superstar Youssou Ndour has been appointed the country’s new tourism and culture minister in President Macky Sall’s cabinet, according to a decree issued on Wednesday night. The Grammy-award winning singer, a fierce critic of former leader Abdoulaye Wade who … read more »
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By Amy Niang After months of tension, fuelled by ex-President Abdoulaye Wade’s obstinate bid for a third term, there is a great sigh of relief that Senegal has managed peacefully to elect a new president. Most western countries and international … read more »
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DAKAR, Senegal—Senegal’s longtime president took office in 2000 before thousands gathered at a sports stadium. New President Macky Sall, by comparison, held a his short inauguration ceremony Monday in a tent on a hotel lawn. Thousands then followed his procession … read more »
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The West Africa has found itself in the news recently for two diametrically opposed phenomena: the coup in Mali just six weeks to national elections and the just concluded run-off elections in Senegal. The Senegalese elections are especially poignant for … read more »
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Toby Leon Moorsom Macky Sall should be supported, but people should be suspicious and vigilant. He is, after all, Wade’s protégé. For peasants and petty traders living under feudal monarchies, the only thing worse than living with a plundering despotic … read more »
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Arame Tall Relief after news of Sall’s win and democratic transition following Senegal’s contested presidential election. Relief. Jubilation. Levity. And most of all: Liberation. These are the emotions that surged up as I, along with the 12 million Senegalese citizens … read more »
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Abdurazaq Magaji In Nigeria, the powers that be have decided that opposition politicians, people like Senegal’s Macky Sall, will have to wait for sixty years before they can ever become president. Lucky man. Macky Sall, that is. Were he a … read more »
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Two significant events happened in Africa last week that should force Nigerians; both the government and the governed to do a health check on the democracy we have in place presently. The military coup in Mali and the defeat of … read more »
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Dakar – World leaders and international observers on Monday lauded Senegal’s presidential runoff election, saying that the country’s peaceful vote and its quick resolution provided hope in a region long beset by coups and strongman rule. In a surprise move … read more »
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Senegal’s octogenarian ruler, Abdoulaye Wade, has hit the brick wall in his attempt to extend his 12-year rule. He has been soundly trounced in Sunday’s Presidential run off. Even before the official results could be … read more »
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The winner of Senegal’s presidential election, Macky Sall, has said the poll marks a “new era” for the country. He was speaking after his rival, current President Abdoulaye Wade, admitted defeat in Sunday’s run-off. Mr Wade’s bid for a third … read more »
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Senegalese superstar Youssou Ndour, who has lent his golden voice to politics, hit the campaign trail a week before run-off polls to rally support for presidential challenger Macky Sall. Ndour, along with all 12 presidential candidates who fell out of … read more »
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Dakar – The Senegalese Human Rights League on Wednesday expressed concern over violence during the electoral campaign ahead of a run-off election on March 25. The rights body said supporters of incumbent Abdoulaye Wade, 85 and his challenger Macky Sall … read more »
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Dakar – Senegal’s opposition joined forces Sunday in a mass rally to block 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade from landing a third term in office and back challenger Macky Sall. Thousands gathered in the capital in a rally attended by the … read more »
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Dakar – Senegal’s Constitutional Court has released the final results for the West African country’s first round of presidential elections. The results read to journalists on Tuesday reconfirmed provisional results from last week that dealt President Abdoulaye Wade a significant … read more »
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Dakar – Election officials have set March 25 as the date for Senegal’s presidential runoff. Issa Sall, a member of the National Autonomous Election Commission, confirmed the date and said on Monday that the electoral code calls for a runoff … read more »
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By Alpha Diedhiou After weeks of violent protests against The Incumbent’s (President Abdoulaye Wade) third term the Senegalese have finally cast their votes in peace. A peaceful polling day highlights the democratic maturity of the Senegalese people who understood that … read more »
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Dakar – Senegal opposition candidate Macky Sall has won a major boost in his bid to oust President Abdoulaye Wade in a run-off vote, securing the endorsement of the man who came third in the first round. The west African … read more »
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Hawa Ba On the Obasanjo-led AU-ECOWAS election observer mission It can be argued that the opposition was the main looser in the so-called mediation initiative by former Nigerian President Obasanjo. Obasanjo also kept M23 busy enough to abandon street demonstrations … read more »
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Dakar – Senegal’s music icon Youssou Ndour on Thursday threw his weight behind presidential hopeful Macky Sall in his bid to thwart Abdoulaye Wade’s bid to win a third term in a run-off election next month. Speaking after a meeting … read more »
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Dakar – Presidential election results published late on Wednesday dealt a humiliating blow to Senegal’s aging leader, who had boasted that he would win the race outright and instead will have to face his former protégé in a runoff election … read more »
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Dakar – Leading Senegalese opposition candidate Macky Sall said that if he wins a presidential runoff next month he will revise the constitution to reduce the presidential term from seven to five years. He said on Wednesday he will apply … read more »
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DAKAR – After days of predicting that he would win a third term with a crushing majority, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has now acknowledged that he may not have received enough votes to avoid a runoff. CHANGING TIMES: A man … read more »
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Dakar – European Union observers on Tuesday questioned why Senegal’s government is not publishing real-time results from a contentious presidential election, saying that in the Internet age there is no reason for the delay. Sunday’s election pitted the country’s 85-year-old … read more »
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