The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Senegalese authorities to stop the legal harassment of journalists and to ...

Mr Faye, who is 45 and new to political office, came to power on a wave of anti-Western and anti-elite sentiment. He promised ...

One year since his historic election, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's record is mixed. Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko promised a reset of the economy, a war on corruption ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Friday he had “done everything possible” to bring junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger back into west Africa’s ECOWAS regional group, to no avail. The ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax inspector who went from prison to president-elect of Senegal in 10 days, this week marked ...

DAKAR, April 4, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday warned in his annual state of the nation speech that the country faces a tough financial future that would need ...

Sall denied seeking a third term. The protests were exacerbated by the arrests in 2023 of the top opposition figures Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko on charges that were largely seen as ...

One year into his presidency, Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s administration has sparked both praise and criticism, with divided opinions on its progress in economic reforms, anti-corruption efforts ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye decided yesterday to rename a major Dakar street honouring former French president Charles de Gaulle, calling it after independence icon Mamadou Dia instead.

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France would ...

Speaking on the sidelines of the event in Dakar, Nigerian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, said there were very strong bilateral ties between Nigeria and ...