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  • Police quell protests in Dakar after Ousmane Sonko is given a suspended sentence for criminal libel, 16 May, 2023. Credit: Article 19 West Africa
    OPINIONSenegalTop story

    Senegal’s angry protesters are proud defenders of their democracy

    By Franklin Nossiter
    June 9, 2023
    Senegal’s protesters should be lauded for defending their country’s democracy, not condemned for fomenting chaos. Last week, Senegal, often touted as a beacon of ...
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  • PoliticsSenegalTop story

    Gatsa-Gatsa: Ousmane Sonko and Senegal’s politics of retaliation

    By Bamba Ndiaye
    May 15, 2023
    Sonko’s legal problems, which appear engineered to frustrate his presidential bid, could well push the country back into the street.  On May 8, 2023, ...
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  • A still from the 2004 Ousmane Sembène film Moolaadé.
    CinemaCultureSenegalTop storyTribute

    Learning from Sembène: Telling the stories that matter

    By Dika Ofoma
    March 3, 2023
    A hundred years after Sembène’s birth, a budding filmmaker describes his social awakening and discovery of the late Senegalese director. I grew up primarily ...
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  • Safi Faye in repose.
    CultureEditor's PicksSenegalTribute

    Safi Faye: Farewell to a pioneering filmmaker

    By Estrella Sendra
    February 24, 2023
    Senegalese filmmaker was the first African woman to make a commercial feature film, Kaddu Beykat, in 1975. Last Thursday, as filmmakers, curators and cinephiles were ...
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  • At a Y'en A Marre protest in Senegal in 2011. Credit: seneweb.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsSenegal

    “People will become more radical”: Senegal and the limits of protest

    By Ndongo Samba Sylla & Leo Zeilig
    October 18, 2022
    Senegal has a rich history of social movements, but they have done more to resolve political conflicts than open up new horizons…at least up ...
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  • PoliticsSenegal

    Senegal: Impunity for Macky Sall’s regime must end

    By Various co-signatories
    March 12, 2021
    A collective of Senegalese artists and academics calls for President Macky Sall to be held accountable for his crimes. Since the arrest of leading ...
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  • The presidents of Benin, Senegal and Guinea in West Africa are all tightening their grip on power in questionable ways. Credit: Presidence Benin/GPE-Heather Shuker/DoC.
    BeninGuineaPoliticsSenegal

    Benin’s unrest reflects a broader worrying trend in West Africa

    By Isabel Linzer
    May 8, 2019
    Across West Africa, several countries’ democratic reputations are under threat. Last week, Benin was propelled into the international spotlight as security forces fired on ...
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  • Senegal port. View from one of the classrooms of Miniam Primary School. It is located 388m from the coal-fired power plant that is soon in operation. According to teachers, there is still no plan to relocate the school. Credit: Pierre Vanneste.
    EconomySenegalSociety

    “Only the port will remain”: Senegal’s grand vision and its discontents

    By Laurence Grun
    April 8, 2019
    Senegal plans to build a large port at Bargny-Sendou, but fishermen, farmers, nomads and residents are pushing back. On 27 November 2017, Prime Minister ...
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  • Museum of Black Civlisations in Dakar, Senegal.
    Africa InsidersSenegalSociety

    Insiders Insight: A tale of two museums

    By Africa Insiders
    December 11, 2018
    If you haven’t subscribed to the Insiders Newsletter, you’re missing out on the juiciest insights from our top journalists and analysts. To subscribe, click HERE. ...
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  • Nigeria are one of a few teams with a good chance of getting into the knockout stages. Credit: Nigeria Super Eagles.
    EgyptMoroccoNigeriaSenegalTunisia

    How far can Africa go at the World Cup?

    By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu
    June 13, 2018
    Meet the five African teams hoping to make history at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament kicks off ...
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