Senegalese opposition leader Idrissa Seck has described President Macky Sall’s decision to stand down after two terms as “a victory for the Senegalese people.” In a televised address late Monday, Sall ...

Before the year is out, the United Nations must appoint a new secretary-general. This is an opportunity to be seized, not a ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year's elections, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that ...

Senegal President Macky Sall said on Thursday that April 2 will be the end of his mandate as president of the West African nation. He added, however, that it was unlikely the election of a new ...

Senegal's President Macky Sall appears to have saved his country from plunging into a deeper crisis by declaring that he will step down at the end of his two terms. Political analyst Alioune Tine ...

The West African nation is facing its worst political crisis in decades after Sall abruptly deferred the February 25 presidential vote just hours before campaigning was due to begin. The ...

Senegal’s top election authority on Thursday voided the president's postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25 and its rescheduling for December, ruling that the moves were ...

Having succeeded in getting Karim Wade off the electoral slate with his 16 January complaint that Wade held dual nationality, presidential hopeful Thierno Alassane Sall has turned his attention to the ...

FILE - Senegal's President Macky Sall arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, June 23, 2023 in Paris. Senegalese President Sall declared Monday evening, July 3 ...