However, analysts at Pangea-Risk said that the lack of a majority in Senegal's parliament and financial conditions imposed by the IMF will prevent Faye's more drastic pledges. Already, Faye has ...

On February 6, Senegal’s parliament voted to delay the elections to December 15 after a chaotic National Assembly session during which security forces removed opposition lawmakers. This sparked ...

Senegal’s new president named Ousmane Sonko as prime minister, elevating to power the populist opposition leader who backed his candidacy in last month’s election. The appointment came hours ...

The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties ... investigation into the mismanagement of European Union funds in Senegal after an Al Jazeera and porCausa Foundation joint investigation ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal inaugurated Africa's youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in Tuesday in Diamniadio as Senegal’s fifth president, having defeated main rival and ruling party coalition candidate Amadou Ba and winning the delayed election ...

DAKAR, April 3 (Reuters) - Senegal will conduct an audit of the ... cannot be deported to Australia where he was born until parliament considers the findings of a tribunal examining a complaint ...

"Senegal stands out as an example to what happens in Cameroon, where democracy is suffering from military involvement in politics," he said. "Parliament in Cameroon is virtually at the beck and ...

The incident prompted a wider brawl between several lawmakers, an occasional occurrence in Georgia's often raucous parliament. Georgian Dream said earlier this month it would reintroduce ...

1914 - Blaise Diagne elected as Senegal's first African deputy to French parliament. 1946 - Senegal becomes part of the French Union. 1958 - Becomes an autonomous republic, as part of the French ...