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Senegal’s new president Faye vows ‘systemic change’, names firebrand opposition leader Sonko as PM

Only hours after being sworn in as Senegal’s president on Tuesday (2 April), Bassirou Diomaye Faye named popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko as the nation’s prime minister. At 44, former tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye is Senegal’s youngest president ever elected. During his campaign, he vowed to fight corruption, promised to renegotiate oil, gas and […]

Ukraine’s top diplomat in Senegal to bolster ties

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine Foreign Minister arrived in Senegal Monday for a two-day visit to bolster ties with the Western African country amid ongoing crisis with neighboring Russia. “We will review our cooperation and discuss President Macky Sall’s commitment on behalf of the African Union [AU] to the return of peace in his country and its […]

Niger: military tribunal grants ‘provisional release’ to son of deposed president Bazoum

Salem Bazoum, the son of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been imprisoned with his parents at the presidential residence since the coup in July 2023, was provisionally released on Monday (8 January), the country’s military tribunal said in a statement. The military tribunal in Niamey granted the 23-year old son of the former president […]