U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Senegalese President Macky Sall to restore Senegal’s electoral calendar and timeline for presidential transition, the U.S. State Department said after a call between the two leaders.
In Senegal, the postponement of the presidential election has sparked violent protests across the country, leading to one death and exacerbating the ongoing political crisis. Security forces clashed with demonstrators in Dakar and several other cities, including Saint-Louis, where a second-year geography student, Alpha Yoro Tounkara, was killed.
The legal battle between the State and Chairman of Brikama Area Council, Yankuba Dabo, resumed in court before a newly appointed Judge.
Senegalese security forces used tear gas to disperse youths attempting to gather in the center of the capital, Dakar, on Friday to protest a sudden delay in the presidential polls, witnessed by many journalists bringing live coverage of the events as they unfold.
President Macky Sall has used the government weekly cabinet meeting to refute suspicions that he postponed the presidential election to extend his tenure as Senegal’s leader. “It is nonsense,” declared the head of state to his supporters during the government meeting.
Sarjo Baldeh, a 22-year-old Gambian photographer, has captured attention and admiration at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Ivory Coast, where she was one of the few African female photographers covering the tournament, even catching the eyes of the British newspaper, The Guardian.
Senegalese members of parliament Abass Fall and Guy Marius Sagna have been released from custody, along with Gérard Koïta, according to their lawyer, Sheikh Khoureychi Bâ.
Internet access in Senegal, via mobile data, was restored this Wednesday, February 7. Neither the Ministry of Communications nor the telephone operators have, however, officially made a public statement about the return of mobile data internet.
Security forces used tear gas to disperse an opposition rally outside Senegal’s parliament on Monday, shortly before the start of a
Bubakar Kandeh, a 27-year-old restaurant worker from the Gambia living in Birkirkara, Malta, was arraigned before magistrate Noel Bartolo on Friday, facing charges of attempted arson, causing fear of violence, making a loud disturbance at night, being drunk and unable to take care of himself in public, attacking others with intent to annoy or harm them, uttering insults or threats, and causing criminal damage.
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