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Rape trial of Senegalese opposition leader Sonko starts

The rape trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko started in a court in the capital Dakar on Tuesday, following violent protests by supporters who say it is a political plot.

Reuters

Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s rape trial adjourned

Ousmane Sonko, who denies charges, does not turn up for court appearance in Dakar.

Al Jazeera

Senegal opposition leader appeals conviction threatening his presidential bid

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has appealed a libel conviction that could prevent him running in presidential elections next year, one of his lawyers said, as another round of protests broke out on Monday.

Reuters

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A police station or a high school? Deadly clashes in Senegal as locals and gendarmes dispute land use

Violent clashes between the gendarmerie and the Lebu community erupted on May 8 and 9 in Ngor, a district of Senegal's capital Dakar. The conflict began over a land dispute: the gendarmes want a police station while locals want to build a high school. According to four eyewitnesses who spoke…

France 24

Senegalese opposition rally against President Sall's possible third-term ambition

Hundreds of Senegalese opposition supporters and civil society activists gathered at a square in the capital on Friday to protest a potential third-term bid by the West African nation's president, Macky Sall.

Reuters

One dead, 30 injured in new wave of unrest in Senegal

Protesters have taken to the streets in capital Dakar against what they call an increasingly repressive state.

Al Jazeera

Teenager killed, dozens injured in fresh bout of Senegal unrest

A 15-year-old girl was killed and about 30 people were wounded during clashes between protesters and security forces in Senegal's capital Dakar on Tuesday night, a local official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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Senegal opposition leader's party says court ruling politically motivated

The party of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Tuesday rejected a court ruling that could preclude him from running in next year's election as judicial harassment aimed at sidelining a rival of President Macky Sall.

Reuters

Senegal appeals court hands harsher sentence to opposition leader Sonko

A Senegal court of appeal on Monday handed a six-month suspended sentence to leading opposition politician and presidential aspirant Ousmane Sonko, after an appeal for a heavier sentence, said Boubacar Cissé, a lawyer involved in the case.

Reuters

Young Senegalese revel in graffiti school

Dakar (AFP) - Pencil and rubber in hand Ibrahima Soumare takes his time as he carefully traces the outline of a handful of letters on a white piece of paper.

AFP

Senegalese veterans return home after France's U-turn on pension rights

The last surviving African soldiers who fought for colonial-era France will be able to live out their final days in their home countries following the French government's reversal on their pension rights. Our correspondents followed one of these veterans in his first week back in Senegal.

France 24

Relief as hundreds who fled Khartoum arrive home in Nigeria and South Africa

In tonight's edition: The US clears the way for sanctions over Sudan's conflict as the latest ceasefire fails to stop the fighting. This as hundreds of Nigerians and South Africans finally arrive home. Also, Japan offers help to Mozambique in its battle against insurgents in the country's north. Finally, we…

France 24

Watch Itchy Boots Do Important Maintenance On Her Honda CRF300L Rally

Itchy Boots checks in again on her journey across Africa, after having taken a much-needed break in Dakar, Senegal. It's time for serious bike maintenance.

RideApart

Senegal opposition head says police sprayed him with deadly gas

Dakar (AFP) - Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko said Monday that foreign laboratories have revealed that a gas that police sprayed at him in March was "toxic and deadly", accusing them of trying to assassinate him.

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France 24

Over 800,000 people could flee unrest in Sudan, UN says

In tonight's edition: The UN's World Food Programme resumes its operations in Sudan, but the conflict continues amid a little-respected truce extension and warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. Also, Senegal registers the first death from a closely watched outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Plus, extremist fighters from the CODECO militia…

AFP

African players in Europe: Dia delays Napoli title party

Paris (AFP) - Senegal's Boulaye Dia scored a superb equaliser for Salernitana at the weekend to put Napoli's Serie A title celebrations on hold.

Reuters

Senegalese entrepreneur creates first locally made surfboards

In a small beachside shack in Senegal's capital Dakar, Pape Diouf spends hours on each surfboard he makes, shaping its foam surface with an electric planer to create the perfect curve.

Reuters

One case of Crimean-Congo fever detected in Senegal

Senegal's health ministry confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in a hospital on the outskirts of the capital Dakar, it said in a statement.

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UN Security Council delegates meet victims of violence in eastern DR Congo

Thousands have been displaced by ongoing clashes between soldiers and M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo. Delegates from the UN Security Council have been to meet some of them at the Bushagara camp in Goma. Also, a new exhibition in Senegal bears witness to the suffering of Gambians during the…

Daily Mirror

Jurgen Klopp to meet Sadio Mane this summer after being warned off Liverpool reunion

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have struggled in the Premier League since allowing Senegal international Sadio Mane to join Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich last June

Daily Mirror

Jurgen Klopp opinion that upset Sadio Mane and prompted Lionel Messi to speak out

The Liverpool manage once issued his support to Virgil van Dijk's Ballon d'Or campaign over Sadio Mane's and the Senegal international did not take it particularly well

Al Jazeera

Idrissa Seck exits Senegal economic council to run for president

Seck, who placed second in the 2019 presidential election, condemns recent unrest in the country ahead of 2024 vote.

Reuters

Senegal's Idrissa Seck to run for president after leaving economic council

Senegal's presidency on Monday announced it had released politician Idrissa Seck from his duties as head of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, paving the way for the former prime minister to run for the presidency in the February election.

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Arsenal have chance to complete 11-year Sadio Mane transfer mission amid Arsene Wenger 'mistake'

Bayern Munich star Sadio Mane has not had a straight forward time in Germany since moving from Liverpool last summer and Arsenal may be a viable destination for the Senegal international

The Guardian - UK

En garde! Fencing helps young Senegalese play by the rules

Teaching young offenders and others the sport has been so successful at instilling self-discipline and respect that the scheme is expanding

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