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DAKAR -West Africa's main economic and political bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday urged Senegalese politicians to urgently take measures to re-establish an electoral calendar in line with the constitution... -February 06, 2024 at 12:11 pm EST - MarketScreener
DAKAR (Reuters) -Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers were arrested on Tuesday amid the fallout from parliament's move to delay a presidential vote by 10 months that prompted West Africa's economic and political bloc to call for the re-establishment of the electoral calendar. Lawmakers late on Monday approved a last-minute amendment to hold the vote on Dec. 15, instead of Feb. 25, sealing an extension of President Macky Sall's mandate that has sparked street protests and international alarm. The spokesperson for dissolved opposition party Pastef, El Malick Ndiaye, said via me...
By Ngouda Dione and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers were arrested on Tuesday amid the fallout from parliament's move to ...
DAKAR (Reuters) -Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers were arrested on Tuesday amid the fallout from parliament's move to delay a presidential vote by 10 months that prompted West Africa's economic and political bloc to call for the re-establishment of the electoral calendar.
BAMAKO (Reuters) -The death toll from last week's accident at an artisanal gold mine in southwest Mali has risen to more than 70, state radio said on Thursday. The deaths were caused after a shaft collapsed on Friday inside an artisanal gold mining site in the Kangaba Cercle in Mali's southwestern Koulikoro Region. The mines ministry reported over 40 killed on Wednesday but said that figure was provisional. State radio, following a government delegation dispatched to the area on Thursday, said the death toll had risen to over 70, including one woman. (Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo;Writing by Sof...