A total of 79 individuals, including the jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, are reported to have filed their candidacy for the February 2024 presidential election in Senegal before the Tuesday (26 December) deadline amid allegations that the Senegalese authorities have been intensifying repression ahead of the vote. When Macky Sall, President of Senegal since 2012, […]
The new ambassador of South Sudan to Morocco Riek Puok Riek reaffirmed his country’s supportive stand to the Kingdom’s sovereignty over the Sahara and to its territorial integrity. Speaking to reporters following his meeting in Rabat with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to whom he handed copies of his credentials, Reik said Juba backs fully […]
The Nouakchott Court of Appeal has approved a request from the defense team of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to refer his case to the Constitutional Council. This request, granted during the first hearing on the matter, seeks a ruling on possible violations of Article 93 of the Constitution and Article 2 of the […]
