Senegal to hold national referendum after controversial constitutional change
Senegal's National Assembly passed a bill revising the balance of power between the country's executive and parliament on Monday, prompting ...
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Senegal police fire tear gas at constitutional reform protesters
Senegalese police fired tear gas on Monday to disperse protesters outside parliament as lawmakers debated a constitutional amendment that would ...
Senegal’s Sonko softens tone on debt restructuring as IMF talks due
Senegal's ousted prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, softened his tone on debt restructuring in an interview broadcast on Monday, saying he ...
Senegal: Sonko-Faye split deepens as president asserts authority
The new government formed by Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in defiance of his powerful sacked prime minister can overcome ...
Senegal president sacks PM Sonko, dissolves government after months of friction
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government, a move that risks ...
Senegal’s President Faye says ruling party, led by PM Sonko, risks ‘collapse’
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said the ruling party is on a path that could lead to its downfall but ...
Senegal bans ministers from foreign travel as oil price rise bites
Government ministers in Senegal have been banned from all non-essential foreign travel following the rise in the price of oil ...
Senegal doubles maximum penalty for same-sex activity to 10 years’ jail
Senegal's National Assembly late on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to ...
Senegal PM says party could quit government if president diverges from vision
Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said he was willing to take his party out of the government and return to ...
Senegal’s prime minister pushes for anti-LGBT law doubling prison terms
Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko pushed on Tuesday for a draft law that would double the maximum prison term from ...