Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Macky Sall

Race for UN's top job begins: Meet the candidates vying to succeed António Guterres

Seven candidates are competing to lead the United Nations after António Guterres. Experienced diplomats and former leaders offer distinct visions for the global body. Rafael Grossi and Rebeca Grynspan are considered early frontrunners in this race. Macky Sall and María Fernanda Espinosa advocate for significant institutional reforms. The Security Council…

The Economic Times

Macky Sall pledges to restore trust in UN as leadership race gathers pace

Former Senegalese president Macky Sall has pledged to restore trust in the United Nations and make the organisation more responsive, as he seeks to become the first African to lead the global body in almost three decades.

Radio France Internationale

UN leadership candidates outline visions ahead of secretary-general race

Six candidates vying to become the next UN secretary-general presented their visions for the organisation on Thursday, as the United Nations faces a financial and confidence crisis ahead of a selection process that will determine its leadership from January 2027.

France 24

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Candidates to lead UN set for televised debate

UNITED NATIONS - The six candidates for United Nations secretary-general will debate on Thursday in the General Assembly Hall, one week before the formal start of a selection process crucial to an organisation in deep crisis.

Bangkok Post

Senegal makes U-turn to back ex-president Sall for UN chief

In tonight's edition, a deadly ambush in northern Mali leaves at least 50 soldiers dead. Also, Nigeria is facing a new challenge in its fight against jihadist insurgents as foreign fighters join armed groups. And Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is backing former president Macky Sall's bid to become UN…

France 24

Senegal's Faye backs former president Sall's bid for UN top job in U-turn

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has endorsed former president Macky Sall's candidacy to become the next United Nations secretary-general, the foreign ministry said on Monday, giving his predecessor crucial backing from his home country despite deep political divisions.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal changes course to back ex-leader Macky Sall as UN chief

The Senegalese government on Monday made a U-turn, announcing it would back former president Macky Sall’s candidacy to replace UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when his term expires. The government had previously declined to throw its weight behind Sall, whom it accuses of deadly political repression while in office, but reversed…

France 24

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

UN campaign trail takes former president Macky Sall back to Senegal

Senegal's former president Macky Sall returns home on Friday for the first time since leaving office in April 2024, in a visit tied to his bid to become the next UN secretary-general. But opponents say the violence that marked the final months of his mandate should disqualify him from the…

Radio France Internationale

Abdoulaye Wade at 100: from challenger to 'old lion' of Senegalese politics

As Senegal’s former president Abdoulaye Wade turns 100 on Friday, RFI looks back on the life of a man whose century has spanned opposition, imprisonment, triumph and everything in between.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal’s ruling alliance has split: will political turmoil follow?

Power struggles often play out in Senegal’s political arena, both within a party and between rival parties. To summarise British foreign minister Lord Palmerston’s argument in 1848:

The Conversation

4 vying to be the next UN chief try to set themselves apart as race heats up

Four candidates vying to lead the United Nations have spent hours being grilled about their views on issues from restoring global peace to ending escalating poverty

The Independent UK

Macky Sall pitches four decades of power as his UN calling card

Former Senegalese president Macky Sall closed the public hearings for candidates seeking to succeed António Guterres as United Nations secretary-general, presenting himself as a bridge-builder. He is the only African in the race and the only one of the four candidates never to have held a position within the UN.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal's Macky Sall faces rare public questioning in UN leadership race

Four candidates to lead the United Nations face public questioning at the organisation's New York headquarters this week, only the second time the UN has held such an open forum. Among the candidates are three from South America and one from Africa, Senegal's former president Macky Sall.

Radio France Internationale

Burundi nominates former Senegalese president Sall for UN chief

A new secretary-general of the United Nations will be appointed on 1 January, 2027 to succeed Antonio Guterres, with three current nominations on the table – former Senegalese president Macky Sall, plus former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Argentine Rafael Grossi.

Radio France Internationale

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal leader announces cabinet reshuffle, pledges to work around the clock

Senegal's government has replaced the justice and interior ministers in a cabinet shake-up, pledging a "government of commitment and combat" as the country tries to revive its economy.

International Business Times

French Army To Leave Senegal Amid Africa Downsizing

France will on Thursday formally hand back its last military bases in Senegal, leaving the French army with no permanent camps in west and central Africa.

Radio France Internationale

French army to leave Senegal amid Africa downsizing

France will on Thursday formally hand back its last military bases in Senegal, leaving the French army with no permanent camps in west and central Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal court charges fifth former minister Amadou Mansour Faye over graft

A Senegalese court on Monday indicted a fifth minister from the country's former government on corruption charges as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye steps up an anti-graft campaign, defence lawyers said.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Radio France Internationale

Former Senegal government ministers charged over Covid fund fraud

A special court in Senegal has charged four former government ministers from ex-president Macky Sall's cabinet with corruption and embezzlement related to the management of Covid-19 funds – under a wider anti-corruption campaign by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

The Independent UK

Senegal revises amnesty law that covered deadly protests

Senegal’s parliament has approved revisions to a law passed under the former president that granted amnesty for offences committed during deadly opposition protests in the West African country

Radio France Internationale

IMF chief outlines plan to resume grants to Senegal

A top boss at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says his organisation hopes to finalise a new aid programme for Senegal as soon as possible after suspending its $1.8 billion credit line in October following revelations of distorted figures and fiscal mismanagement.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal ex-president Sall 'could face charges' following public finances report

In Senegal, a report by the Court of Auditors on the management of public finances under former president Macky Sall could see him facing charges, in a first for the country.

Al Jazeera

From street names to textbooks, Senegal is rewriting French colonial memory

New project set to rename public spaces bearing names of colonial officers as Dakar distances itself from France.

The Independent UK

Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

Biram Senghor regularly goes to pay his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital of Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave each time

Al Jazeera

Senegal’s ruling Pastef party secures large majority in parliament

Win grants President Bassirou Diomaye Faye a clear mandate to carry out ambitious reforms.

1 2 3 4 5

People

Rafael Mariano Grossi

194 stories

Bassirou Diomaye Faye

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

International Atomic Energy Agency

1,335 stories

Amnesty International

the International Monetary Fund

257 stories

the UN General Assembly

249 stories

the International Atomic Energy Agency

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.