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DAKAR — Few political turnarounds can match the last month in Senegal.Just over two weeks ago, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was a little-known opposition leader languishing in jail, detained without trial on charges including inciting insurrection, who had never held elected office.One week ago, he defeated the governing party’s candidate, Amadou Ba, in the country’s presidential election, winning 54% in the first round.On Tuesday, the 44-year-old is set to be sworn in as the fifth president of Senegal and become Africa’s youngest elected head of state.In a region where a large majority of the population are under 30, his victory offers hope to those young people frustrated by a lack of economic opportunities, with old elites seemingly clinging to power.Faye’s spectacular rise is a...
April 02, 2024
Faye: Senegal election offers hope to frustrated young Africans
March 29, 2024
South Africa's ex-president Zuma involved in car crash
March 29, 2024
KFC Nigeria sorry after wheelchair user refused service at Lagos airport
March 29, 2024
Bus carrying Easter worshippers falls off cliff killing 45 people in South Africa
March 28, 2024
Jacob Zuma barred from running in South Africa elections
March 26, 2024
Nigerian court sentences Chinese businessman to death for murdering girlfriend
March 26, 2024
Ethiopia's CBE bank recovers $10m taken during technical glitch
March 24, 2024
Voters choose new Senegal president after political crisis
ABUJA ‑ Nigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed “unharmed”, officials said.Kaduna state governor Uba Sani said they had been rescued thanks to the courage of the security forces.The school authorities had said more than 280 children were taken, but the army said 137 hostages had been freed.The operation took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, days before a ransom deadline.Officials have not yet commented on the discrepancy in numbers. The children, aged eight to 15, and one teacher, were abducted on March 7.Kidnap gangs, known as bandits, have seized thousands of people in recent years, especially in the north-west.There had been a reduction in targeting of schools over the past year, but this...
March 24, 2024
Kuriga kidnap: Gunmen free Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction
March 23, 2024
Senegal goes to the polls as country’s once sturdy democracy looks shaky
