As public hearings to select the next UN secretary-general approached, a dubious poll placed the ex-Senegal president as the ...

Opposition supporters in Senegal are planning a second day of protests Wednesday against what they say are “dictatorial” practices by President Macky Sall, which his government denies. They also ...

Three years after visiting US President Barack Obama hailed Senegal as an example of good governance in Africa, Sall made a U-turn on his 2012 campaign promise to shorten the country’s presidential ...

“April 2, 2024 will be the end of my term at the head of the country, the end of my binding relationship with the Senegalese people as President of the Republic,” Sall said during a televised ...

President Macky Sall left office in April after 12 years in power, handing over the reins to his successor Bassirou Diomaye Faye and departing Senegal for Morocco. The ex-president is now leading a ...

Figures released by the National Vote Counting Commission (CNRV) showed Sall won Sunday's first round outright, picking up 58.27 percent of the vote. Opposition candidates said they rejected the ...

President Macky Sall previously postponed the election without setting a date. On Wednesday, he also fired the prime minister, his party’s candidate for president. By Elian Peltier Reporting from ...

Macky Sall and the UN: investigating the shadowy Holding Price Limited poll(Editor's note: This is an English-language translation of a report that first appeared in our French-language edition on 19 ...