Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 09:32Modified: 07/03/2024 – 12:17 01:01 FRANCE 24’s correspondent Sam Bradpiece reports from Dakar on the political crisis in Senegal. © FRANCE 24 Senegalese voters should finally head to the polls at the end of March, in the latest twist in weeks of political turmoil. FRANCE 24’s Sam Bradpiece gives an overview of the crisis in Senegal triggered by President Macky Sall’s dissolution of the government and his decision in February to delay planned presidential elections. Read more on related topics:
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Senegalese presidential candidates faced a shortened race to election day on Thursday after the constitutional council confirmed the delayed vote would be held on March 24, kick-starting a competition that remains wide open Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 16:26 2 min Uncertainty over the date of the vote has gripped the West African country since early February, when the authorities’ thwarted bid to postpone the Feb. 25 poll by 10 months provoked widespread protests and warnings of democratic backsliding.Many hope the worst of the crisis is over after the council ruled on Wednesday that the vote must be held before President…
The number of female genital mutilation survivors tops 230 million worldwide, UNICEF said in a new report Thursday, an increase of 15 percent since 2016 despite progress against the practice in some countries. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 03:47Modified: 08/03/2024 – 03:45 3 min “It is indeed bad news. This is a huge number, a number that is bigger than ever before,” said Claudia Coppa, lead author of the report released to coincide with International Women’s Day.Female genital mutilation, known as FGM, can include partial or total removal of the clitoris as well as the labia minora, and suturing of the…
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The African Union on Friday joined the United States and European Union in welcoming Senegal’s decision to hold a presidential election on March 24 after weeks of turmoil triggered by the vote’s delay. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 18:12 1 min President Macky Sall plunged Senegal into crisis with a last-minute postponement of the presidential poll, originally scheduled for February 25.After a month of uncertainty which sparked outcry at home and abroad, the country’s top constitutional body on Thursday agreed with the presidency for the vote to take place on March 24, before the end of Sall’s mandate.African Union Commission chairman,…
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country’s northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years. Issued on: 08/03/2024 – 18:36Modified: 09/03/2024 – 17:19 3 min The Kaduna state attack was the second mass kidnapping in a week in Africa’s most populous state, where heavily armed criminal gangs on motorbikes target victims in villages and schools and along highways in the hunt for ransom payments.Local government officials in Kaduna State confirmed the kidnapping attack on Kuriga school on Thursday, but they…
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Issued on: 09/03/2024 – 10:46Modified: 09/03/2024 – 11:05 01:31 Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country’s northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years. The Kaduna state attack was the second mass kidnapping in a week in Africa’s most populous country, where heavily armed criminal gangs on motorbikes target victims in villages and schools and along highways in the hunt for ransom payments. Read more on related topics:
Senegalese presidential candidates launched their shortened campaigns on Saturday, two days after a court confirmed the election would be held on March 24, ending weeks of uncertainty and kick-starting a competition that remains wide open. Issued on: 09/03/2024 – 11:40 2 min Tensions have gripped the country since early February, when a bid by President Macky Sall to postpone by 10 months a vote that had been due to take place on Feb. 25 provoked widespread protests and warnings by critics of democratic backsliding.Senegal, a country of 18 million, is normally one of West Africa’s most stable democracies.The worst of…