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Senegal Court Clears Jailed Opposition Figure For Presidential Run

A Senegalese judge on Thursday ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral roll, clearing the way for him to stand in next year's presidential election.

International Business Times

AFCON 2023 live streams: How to watch Africa Cup of Nations online from anywhere, teams, fixtures, latest news, song, mascot

Watch AFCON 2023 live streams from anywhere for the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament with Senegal, Nigeria, Morocco and hosts Ivory Coast among the favorites.

Tom’s Guide

How to watch 2023 Africa Cup of Nations: live stream all 2024 AFCON matches online from anywhere

With the best teams on the continent set to converge on the Ivory Coast, here's how to watch 2023 African Cup of Nations live streams wherever you are in 2024.

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Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona border crossing, overwhelming US agents

The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes, with hundreds of migrants from faraway countries like Senegal, Bangladesh and China being dropped in a remote desert area in Arizona

The Independent UK

Akon City: tumbleweed rolls through site of rapper’s Wakanda-inspired dream

Star unveiled plans for a city on the Senegal coast five years ago but the project has been beset by delays

The Guardian - UK

COP28 summit opens with launch of loss and damage fund

In tonight's edition: COP28 kicks off with a historic announcement – a pledge for $420 million to help nations suffering from the effects of global warming. We speak to Nazanine Moshiri from International Crisis Group about the African continent's expectations at the summit. Also, among the climate solutions is renewable…

France 24

Senegalese migrants attempt dangerous crossing to Spain's Canary Islands

The number of people attempting to reach Europe via irregular migration routes from Senegal has exploded in recent months. Since the start of the year, more than 30,000 migrants, mostly Senegalese, have arrived in the Spanish Canary Islands. Over that same period, the Senegalese navy has intercepted more than 9,000…

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‘I felt extreme anger’: the FGM survivor ending abuse and giving a voice to girls in Senegal

Woppa Diallo’s work to end FGM and keep girls in school has saved many from being cut like she was. Now, she and her husband have won the Caine prize for their book based on her experiences

The Guardian - UK

South Africa: EFF leader Julius Malema and five MPs sanctioned

In tonight's edition: The leader of South Africa's leftist opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters and five other members face suspension without pay after being found guilty of contempt of parliament. In Zimbabwe, dozens of volunteers are working around the clock to try to assess the effects of drought on…

France 24

From the South Side to Senegal to build a school

Keianti Darling, Durrail Williams and Joseph Thomas are members of Chicago CRED, a group that works to reduce gun violence. Recently, they traveled to Senegal on a service trip to build a school.

Chicago Sun-Times

On This Day in 2017 – Everton’s Oumar Niasse hit with retrospective diving ban

The Senegal international won a controversial penalty at Crystal Palace but was later suspended for two matches.

The Independent UK

Senegalese opposition chooses new candidate for presidential election

Following Senegal's Supreme Court ruling on opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's ineligibility last Friday, his Pastef party announced another candidate to defy President Macky Sall in the upcoming presidential election.

Radio France Internationale

Senegal's highest court ruling blocks detained opposition leader Sonko from running for president

Senegal’s highest court has effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: The faces of pastoralists in Senegal, where connection to animals is key

The Fulani people — also known as the Peuhl — are believed to be the largest seminomadic ethnic group in the world, with communities stretching from Senegal to the Central African Republic.

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AP PHOTOS: Pastoralists in Senegal raise livestock much as their ancestors did centuries ago

The planet is changing, but pastoralists here in the Sahel region of Africa are in many ways still raising livestock the way their ancestors did centuries ago.

The Independent UK

Pastoralists have raised livestock in harsh climates for millennia. What can they teach us today?

Pastoralists in Senegal and Mongolia draw on millennia of experience to raise livestock in harsh, volatile climates

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Everton's Amadou Onana recalls 'shock' of leaving Senegal at the age of 11

The 22-year-old defensive midfielder, at Goodison Park after spells at Hamburg and Lille, relocated to Belgium as a youngster

The Conversation

UN's 'global stocktake' on climate is offering a sober emissions reckoning − but there are also signs of progress

When this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in late November 2023, it will be a moment for course correction. Seven years ago, nearly every country worldwide signed onto the Paris climate agreement. They agreed to goals of limiting global warming – including key targets to be met by…

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The Independent UK

Migration from Senegal surges as more than 32,000 people have landed in Spain's Canary Islands

Migration from Senegal is surging as more than 32,000 migrants have landed in Spain’s Canary Islands this year, setting a new record for the number of irregular arrivals to the archipelago

Radio France Internationale

Senegalese activist Papito Kara dies trying to cross Mediterranean

The Senegalese activist Pape Ibra Guèye, known as “Papito Kara”, has died at sea while trying to reach Spain. Relatives in Dakar told RFI he feared being arrested.

France 24

'In Senegal, homophobia follows you even after death': Mob exhumes, burns corpse

A mob in a small town in Senegal dug up the body of a man suspected of being gay, dragged his body through the streets and then burned it during the night of October 28, 2023. While there have been other instances of exhumations of people suspected of being gay,…

Radio France Internationale

Senegal's authorities refuse to reintegrate Sonko on electoral lists

The Senegalese electoral commission has asked that Ousmane Sonko be placed again on the electoral lists after being removed from them following his conviction on a morals case in July. However, the interior ministry has refused, which prevents Sonko from being a presidential candidate in next year's elections.

France 24

Senegal's electoral commission calls to reinstate voting rights for opposition leader Sonko

Senegal's electoral commission on Tuesday asked that sponsorship forms be given to main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, whose candidacy for the upcoming presidential election has been called into question over the past year amid a series of criminal charges.

The Independent UK

Senegal electoral commission says main opposition leader Sonko should be given sponsorship forms

Senegal's electoral commission says that main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko should be given sponsorship forms for the upcoming presidential election in February

Radio France Internationale

Africa and Europe to join forces on sustainable space programmes

Cooperation between the European Union and African Union in space exploration was the hot topic at a three-day event that took place in Dakar this week, as Africa’s growing space sector is becoming increasingly important for the sustainable economic development of the continent.

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