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Setback for Sall as Senegal president's allies lose absolute majority

Senegalese President Macky Sall's coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament by a single seat, despite finishing first by a narrow margin in last Sunday's polls, according to provisional results published on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal's ruling coalition loses parliamentary majority

Macky Sall's hopes for a controversial third term as Senegalese president were dealt a blow on Thursday as the opposition deprived him of a parliamentary majority. Cost-of-living concerns lead voters to support Sall’s detractors in last Sunday's vote.

France 24

Senegal: Governing coalition loses legislative majority

The opposition, which saw elections as a chance to check Macky Sall’s third-term aspirations, is without a majority too.

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Senegal opposition group says it will reject results of legislative vote, alleges fraud

A Senegalese opposition coalition, Yewwi Askane Wi (YAW), on Wednesday said it would not accept the results of legislative elections, alleging fraud.

Reuters

Both Senegal's ruling coalition and opposition alliance claim victory in legislative polls

Senegal's opposition and President Macky Sall's ruling coalition have both claimed to have won legislative elections held at the weekend, while the vote count continues.

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Senegal's ruling coalition claims win but opposition rejects

Senegal’s ruling coalition says it has won 30 of 46 departments in Sunday’s legislative election, giving it a majority over the opposition

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Senegal's ruling coalition says it holds majority after Sunday legislative vote

Senegal President Macky Sall's ruling coalition said on Monday it has won 30 of the country's 46 administrative departments, giving it a slim majority parliament following Sunday's legislative election.

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Senegal parliamentary poll seen as test for President Macky Sall

Senegal's electors vote on Sunday in parliamentary polls. The ballot will decide the 165 seats of the single-chamber parliament for the next five years.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal votes for legislators amid rising political acrimony

Senegal will vote on Sunday in legislative elections that will pit President Macky Sall's ruling party against an opposition coalition energised by food price hikes and fears Sall could run for a controversial third term.

Reuters

Senegal's legislative election tests ruling party influence

Senegal is holding a legislative election

The Independent UK

Senegal legislative poll set to test ruling party ahead of presidential vote

Senegal's main opposition coalition is vying to gain clout in legislative polls on Sunday that will set the scene for a presidential election in 2024 that could see President Macky Sall run for a controversial third term.

Reuters

Senegal protests poke holes in its longstanding image of stability

Senegal is often lauded abroad as a beacon of stability in West Africa, but its reputation is at risk of slipping.

Al Jazeera

Gabon and Togo Commonwealth entry is latest dent to French influence

The Anglophone pivot comes on the back of successive coups in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso to dump pro-French leaders.

Al Jazeera

Senegal opposition postpones protest to spare Muslim festivities

Senegal's main opposition coalition called off planned protests on Wednesday to avoid disrupting end-of-school exams and preparations for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday early next month, one of its leaders Ousmane Sonko said.

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Why are some nations neutral on the Russia-Ukraine war?

Countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East have refused to isolate Moscow, despite the EU’s lobbying efforts.

Reuters

Senegal's opposition supporters bang pots and pans in noisy protest

Senegalese honked car horns and banged on pots and pans in the capital Dakar on Wednesday evening in the latest protest organised by the political opposition ahead of legislative elections next month.

Reuters

Ukraine president says Africa is a hostage in the war with Russia

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Africa was a "hostage" in the war with Russia, which had contributed to rising food prices on the continent.

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EU: Blame Russia, not sanctions, for global food crisis

The European Union’s top diplomat insisted Monday it’s not the bloc’s sanctions that are responsible for the looming global food crisis, and pledged to work out solutions to ensure exports of food and fertilizers could reach Africa

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Africa being ‘punished’ by fossil fuel investment ban – Niger

Niger’s leader criticised G7 decision to stop foreign fossil fuel investments after years exploiting natural resources.

France 24

Africa 'already has shortage' of grain and fertiliser, AU head Sall warns

Senegalese President Macky Sall, who is the current chair of the African Union, granted an interview to FRANCE 24 and RFI in Paris. He discussed his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin last week in Sochi, which focused on the issue of grain supplies stuck in Ukrainian ports. Sall said…

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Senegal's Sall says compromise still possible with Mali on election dates

Senegal President Macky Sall said on Thursday he is still hopeful that a compromise can be reached with Mali's ruling military junta on the timeline for restoring democratic rule.

Axios

Russia's blockade of Ukraine's grain deepens food crisis in Africa

Blinken accused Russia of "exporting starvation and suffering"

France 24

Shipping movement continues in the Black Sea despite Ukraine war, sanctions

In response to Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has blocked hundreds of ships mostly containing Ukrainian grain exports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Despite the blockade, observers have noted near-normal rates of shipping activity throughout the area. Key regional player Turkey has so…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Says It Pushes Back Russian Troops in Battlefield City

Ukraine said on Saturday it had recaptured a swathe of the battlefield city of Sievierodonetsk, in a rare counter-offensive against Russia's main assault force that had been steadily advancing in the east. The Ukrainian claim could not be independently verified and Moscow said its own forces were making gains there.

France 24

Senegal's Macky Sall appeals to West to ease sanctions on Russia

Senegal's President Macky Sall appeals to the West to ease sanctions on Russia to facilitate the export of grain to Africa. Millions on the continent face hunger amid a global food crisis sparked by the Ukraine war. We talk to David Laborde, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy…

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