Senegal

Unfolding Authoritarian Trends: Senegal’s Ominous Political Landscape

By Oumy Sambou Authoritarian inclinations within Senegal have taken root with the precision of missiles striking a wheat field...

Episode #18: Challenging the Status Quo: The Ousmane Sonko Story

Senegalese opposition politician Ousman Sonko has risen fast to be a force to reckon with in the country’s political...

Let’s Not Forget The ‘George Floyds’ Of Africa

The protests following the death of George Floyd on May 25 in Minnesota in the United States has once...

Senegal : The citizens are big winners of the presidential election

On February 24th, the people of Senegal once again proved their great maturity. With the process surrounding the pre-electoral...

Electronic communications law: threat or framework for free speech?

Censorship at heart On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, Senegal’s National Assembly voted, during open session, to pass an electronic...

Who Can Challenge Macky Sall?

In 2012, civil society opposition parties’ demonstrations enabled Macky Sall to be elected President of the Republic. The leader...

The Gory and Glorious History of Gorée Island

“Africa will write its own history and in both north and south it will be a history of glory...

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