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Ousmane Sonko’s election to head the assembly comes days after his dismissal as prime minister.
With only a few days until Eid al-Adha (Tabaski) in Senegal, some sheep are going for dizzying prices.
The writing was on the wall as the open wounds of a political bromance festered between Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his prime minister Ousmane Sonko.
The Finance, Economic Affairs, and Law Committees of the Senegalese National Assembly have unanimously adopted draft law No. 09/2026 on factoring during a joint inter-committee session.
Senegal’s national dialogue process is set to begin on Thursday, May 21, 2026, launching a series of meetings that will open with former prime ministers and former finance ministers.
Senegal’s Directorate General of Public Accounting and the Treasury (DGCPT) announced on Monday, May 18, 2026, the gradual, phased resumption of state payment and revenue collection services following a malicious cyberattack that crippled parts of its digital information infrastructure.
Senegalese lawmaker Mamadou Lamine Diaïté stated on Monday, May 18, 2026, that the rapid reshaping of the global geopolitical landscape presents a complex mix of deep risks and strategic opportunities for Africa and the broader Francophone world.
A nighttime operation by the Senegalese border police has seized a large convoy of smuggled explosives at the border with…
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF), Hilarion Etong, declared on Monday in Dakar that parliaments are…
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus opened the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Monday, May 18, 2026, by fiercely defending the agency’s reform record and advocating for a completely restructured global health architecture.