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President Wade of Senegal Told to Apologize Publicly for Mosque Desecration
The association of grandsons and great-grandsons of the Tijaniya Muslim brotherhood’s founder in Senegal, Seydi Hadji Malick Sy, on Wednesday demanded a public apology from President Abdoulaye Wade for the desecration of a mosque belonging to their...
No End in Sight to Casamance Conflict
As the body count rises from the conflict between members of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) and the Senegalese army, Casamancais are starting to lose hope that they will ever see a path to peace.
Anti-Wade Protest Held in Front of European Union HQ in France
Dozens of Senegalese citizens Wednesday took part in a demonstration in front of the European Union parliament, in Strasbourg in the east of France to denounce the approval by the constitutional court of the candidacy of President Abdoulaye Wade. The...
Gambian Head of State Appoints High Commissioners to Senegal, Sierra Leone
Gambian head of state Yahya Jammeh, over the weekend, appointed the minister of Forestry and Environment in the last cabinet, Jato Sillah, and the ruling party Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) stalwart, Yankuba Touray, as High...
President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal Urges Voters to Go to Polls on Election Day
Incumbent Senegalese head of state and standard bearer of the coalition called Allied Forces (FAL 2012), Abdoulaye Wade, has invited voters not to turn their back on the election but to go to the polls on February 26 2012.
Presidential Campaigning Begins in Senegal
Candidates vying for the Senegalese presidency slated for February 26th, Sunday began touring the country to canvass for votes as the electoral campaign kicked off since midnight Saturday for a period of three weeks.
Social Watch Benin Network Asks Incumbent Senegal Leader to Take a Peaceful Retirement
The civil society organisations (CSOs) gathered in the Social Watch Benin Network, on Thursday invited Senegal’s incumbent leader, Abdoulaye Wade, who is seeking a third presidential term in office, “to take a peaceful retirement,” the group said...
Constitutional Court in Senegal Clears Presidential Bid for Incumbent Leader Abdoulaye Wade
Senegal’s Constitutional Council, on Friday evening published the list of 14 candidates who can stand in the February 26 2012 presidential election in Senegal, including 86 years old incumbent leader Abdoulaye Wade.
