Nigeria leads ECOWAS delegation in talks with Sahel Alliance in Dakar
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, is leading the country’s delegation to the first round of ...
Tag: Senegal
PAWA set to participate in 2026 FESTAC Africa Festival in Senegal
The Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) says it will attend the forthcoming 2026 FESTAC Africa Festival in Dakar, Senegal. ...
ECOWAS issues Jan. 29, 2025 deadline to Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
Ecowas logo The authority of ECOWAS heads of state and government on Sunday set Jan. 29, 2025 to July 29, ...
Mariama Ba: Author, advocate for women
Mariama Ba (1929-1981) Mariama Ba was a Senegalese author and feminist born in 1929 in Dakar. She is best known ...
Senegal’s president fights for mandate in parliamentary race
Senegal's newly-elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye waves to supporters from a car after taking an oath of office as president ...
Senegal swears in Africa’s youngest elected leader as president in a dramatic prison-to-palace rise
Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn in as Senegal president in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Photo: Silvain Cherkaoui/AP) ...
Tinubu to attend Faye’s inauguration as Senegalese president
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu President Bola Tinubu is set to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s president-elect, Mr Bassirou Faye, as ...
Senegal’s opposition candidate Faye won over 54% of vote, full provisional results show
Senegal's president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye speaks during a press conference in Dakar, Senegal March 25, 2024. (REUTERS/ Luc Gnago/File Photo) ...
Senegal’s president-elect Faye vows to govern with humility
Supporters of Senegalese presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrate early results showing that Faye is leading initial presidential election tallies, ...
Bassirou Diomaye Faye: From prison to Senegal’s presidential spotlight
File photo of Bassirou Diomaye Faye taken during a press conference in Dakar, Senegal, March 15, 2024. (Photo: John Wessels, ...