DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to postpone elections as violent protests erupted across the country on Friday. In his first interview since announcing the ...

Macky Sall, the president of Senegal since 2012, has had a closer view than anyone of the plague of coups in Africa since 2020 and the efforts to reverse them. Two of the first putsches were in Mali, ...

Bissau’s military installed Major-General Horta Inta-a as transitional president on Thursday, a day after soldiers toppled the civilian leadership in a swift power grab made before the results of a ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax official held in prison on government charges a little over two weeks ago, has been sworn in as Senegal’s fifth and youngest ever president. Faye said his ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was named the country's next president on Monday, less than two weeks after being released from prison ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal's president and the political party he belongs to have issued conflicting statements over the leadership of the ruling coalition, a clear sign of dissension among top leaders ...

“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 ...

Senegalese President H.E. Bassirou Diomaye Faye opened the 2025 edition of the MSGBC Oil, Gas&Power conference and exhibition ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday postponed presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 25, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations ...

Guinea-Bissau has witnessed at least nine coups or attempted coups over the last five decades. Guinea-Bissau's deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal woke up Tuesday to a new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector and political newcomer who inspired voters, including many unemployed youth, with a vow ...