Senegal

Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko’s bid

The party of jailed Senegalese leader Ousmane Sonko says it’s now backing another candidate for the February presidential election.

Ruling by Senegal’s highest court blocks jailed opposition leader Sonko from running for president

Moussa Ifra Ba, stands for a portrait in the village of Dendoudy Dow, in the Matam region of Senegal, Monday, April 17, 2023. The 28-year-old herder can't imagine any other life. "A village without cows has no soul. ... I love pastoralism to the core". The father of a two-year-old girl, he travels with his wife and her family taking care of the sheep and cows. "If I'm lucky enough to have three boys, I'd like two of them to go to school and the third to take over from me", he says. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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

Dieynaba Toure, 46, milks a cow at the compound of her family in the village of Anndiare, in the Matam region of Senegal, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Overall, per-person meat consumption in Senegal is among the lowest in the world. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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

FILE - Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. Senegalese authorities say that opposition leader and presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko is back in jail after being hospitalized for weeks during a hunger strike. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Senegalese opposition leader Sonko sent back to prison after weeks in hospital during hunger strike

Migrants crowd a wooden boat as they are towed to the port in La Restinga on the Canary island of El Hierro on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. 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. Most migrants taking the dangerous Atlantic boat journey are leaving from Senegal. (Humberto Bilbao/Europa Press via AP)

A record number of migrants have arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands this year. Most are from Senegal

A record number of migrants have made the treacherous boat journey on the Atlantic Ocean to Spain’s Canary Islands this year, and most of the 32,000 people are coming from Senegal.

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.

Two bodies found aboard migrant boat intercepted off Canary Island of Tenerife

Spain’s Marine Rescue Service says the bodies of two people were found aboard a boat carrying more than 200 migrants that was located off the Canary Island of Tenerife.

Senegalese opposition leader Sonko regains consciousness but remains on hunger strike, lawyer says

A lawyer for Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko says he’s regained consciousness after reports earlier this week he had fallen into a coma while on hunger strike.

Nearly 170 rescued Senegalese migrants returned after Mauritania refused to take them in

Nearly 170 migrants have returned to Senegal after spending almost a week in limbo on a Spanish rescue boat.

Airport personnel transfer a survivor of a deadly migration attempt into an ambulance at a military base in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. A few dozen survivors were repatriated from Cape Verde to Senegal and reunited with their families, a week after they were found adrift in the Atlantic, as they tried to reach Spain's Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Zane Irwin)

After a month at sea, 37 Senegalese survivors of a deadly migration attempt to Spain return home

Senegalese authorities say 37 migrants who were rescued off the coast of Cape Verde have been brought back home.

Vendor Francis Ndege measures rice at his stall in the Toi Market, Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth. Now, Ndege isn’t sure if his customers in Africa’s largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse

Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth.

Senegalese opposition leader in intensive care nearly three weeks into hunger strike

Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko is in intensive care 19 days into a political hunger strike.

FILE - Children play on fishing boats known as "pirogues" in Dakar, Senegal, on June 24, 2023. More than 60 migrants are feared dead after coast guards off the Atlantic island of Cape Verde rescued a boat that started with more than 100 aboard, authorities and migrant advocates said. The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10. (AP Photo/Zane Irwin, File)

More than 60 Senegalese migrants are feared dead on a monthlong voyage to Spain

More than 60 migrants are feared dead after a Spanish fishing vessel rescued a boat off Cape Verde that originally had more than 100 people aboard.

Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko hospitalized a week into prison hunger strike

Senegal’s jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who has been on a hunger strike in prison to protest criminal charges against him, has been hospitalized.

Supporters of Niger's ruling junta hold a Russian flag at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. The march falls on the West African nation's independence day from its former colonial ruler, France, and as anti-French sentiment spikes, more than one week after mutinous soldiers ousted the country's democratically elected president. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

International pressure mounts on coup leaders in Niger while hundreds rally in support of junta

International pressure is mounting on leaders of the coup in Niger. The American secretary of state said Thursday that the United States supports West African leaders who have threatened to use force to restore the nation’s democracy.

Senegal dissolves opposition party, restricts internet ahead of next year’s presidential election

Senegal’s government has dissolved a major opposition party and restricted internet service hours after the party’s popular president and opposition leader said a judge ordered his arrest.

Senegal’s opposition leader charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrection

Senegal’s public prosecutor said the opposition leader has been charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrections, among other offenses.

People move the coffin of their friend, Abdou Diop, who died trying to migrate to Europe, at the Saint Louis, Senegal, morgue Saturday, July 15, 2023. More people are making the trip across the Atlantic in rickety wooden boats known as pirogues trying to reach the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Takeaways from AP’s report on bodies from migrant boats buried on the beach in Senegal

In the seaside town of Saint-Louis, Senegal, officials and residents say bodies of migrants from capsized boats attempting the dangerous trip from West Africa to Spain are buried in unmarked beach graves.

Patches of grass mark the spot where, according to officials and witnesses, bodies of migrants from capsized boats attempting the dangerous trip from West Africa to Spain are buried in unmarked beach graves in Saint Louis, Senegal, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Bodies wash ashore or are found by fishermen at sea, then are buried by authorities. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Unmarked Senegal beach graves hold untold number of West African migrants, officials and locals say

In the seaside Senegalese town of Saint-Louis, officials and residents say bodies of migrants from capsized boats attempting the dangerous trip from West Africa to Spain are buried in unmarked beach graves.

People work together to pull, according to the locals, the capsized boat ashore at the beach where several people were found dead in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, July 24, 2023. The bodies were discovered by the navy early in the morning and are believed to be migrants because of the type of boat they were in according to the authorities. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

At least 17 bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat capsized off Senegal’s capital city

Authorities say at least 17 people have been found dead after a boat capsized in Senegal’s capital, Dakar.

8 people found dead in a boat off Senegal’s coast and a search was launched for possible survivors

Senegal’s government says eight people were found dead after a boat capsized off the coast of northern Senegal as it tried to reach Europe.

Boat found off Senegal’s coast adds to mystery over migrant vessels reported missing

A fishermen’s association in Senegal says a boat carrying migrants was found in distress off the coast of Senegal, and more than 90 passengers remained missing after 50 were rescued and seven were discovered dead.

Spain rescues 86 people near the Canary Island, but scores of migrants from Senegal remain missing

Spanish authorities say they have rescued 86 people from a boat near the Canary Islands that appeared to be from Senegal.

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, that he will not run for a third term in next year's elections, ending years of uncertainty over his political future that had helped fuel deadly opposition protests last month. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, Pool, File)

Senegalese President Macky Sall says he won’t seek a third term in 2024 elections after protests

Senegalese President Macky Sall says he will not seek a third term in the presidential elections set for February.

A riot police officer shots tear gas at demonstrators during a protest at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 1, 2023. Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal opposition leader Sonko’s lawyer files a lawsuit in France and calls for an ICC inquiry

A lawyer for Senegal’s embattled opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has filed a lawsuit in a French court.

Seynabou Diop looks on as she holds her prayer beads after talking about her son, Khadim Ba, 21, who died during the protests earlier this month in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 15, 2023. "If I had known (he was going to protest), Khadim would never have taken part," said Diop. "I want (the government) to meet the expectations of young people, the government has an obligation to help (them)," she said. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest

Demonstrators and civil rights groups in Senegal are accusing the country’s security forces of working with armed civilians who shot and killed several people who participated in recent anti-government protests.

FIFA official Fatma Samoura leaving after 7 years as pioneering woman in soccer

FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura is leaving after seven years as the highest profile woman working in world soccer.

Demonstrators gather on a street during clashes with police at a neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, June 3, 2023. The clashes first broke out, later this week, after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal’s president calls for an investigation into deadly clashes, says he’s open to dialogue

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s president has ordered an investigation to determine who was responsible for protests by supporters of a political opponent that turned deadly last week but said he was open to consulting with the parties involved.

A demonstrator throws a rock at police during a protest at a neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, June 3, 2023. The clashes first broke out later this week after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal violence threatens country’s stability as experts call on government to instill calm

Senegal experts have called on the government to instill calm after days of the country’s deadliest violence in years and concerns it could have lasting consequences.

Police in riot gear stand guard during clashes with demonstrators in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, June 3, 2023. The clashes first broke out, later this week, after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal’s government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes

Senegal’s government has temporarily suspended mobile phone data as the country reels from days of deadly clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.

Death toll from Senegal protests rises to 15 as opposition supporters clash with police

Senegal’s government says the number of people killed in clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has now risen to 15, including two security officers.

Burned cars are seen at the entrance of the Cheikh Anta Diop University after authorities ordered the institution to be closed until further notice in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, June 2, 2023. Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said Friday, with authorities issuing a blanket ban on the use of several social media platforms in the aftermath of the violence. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Clashes in Senegal kill at least 9; government bans social media platforms and closes university

Senegal’s government says at least nine people have been killed in violent clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.

Senegal opposition leader Sonko convicted of corrupting youth, acquitted of rape

A court in Senegal’s capital says opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been convicted of corrupting youth but acquitted of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor.

A demonstrator walks past a barricade set on fire during a protest in support of main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, May 29, 2023. The clashes came a day after police stopped Sonko's "freedom caravan," traveling from his hometown of Ziguinchor, in the south and where he is the mayor, to the capital, Dakar, where he was forced into a home he has in the city. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Police fire tear gas and protesters burn vehicles near home of Senegal’s main opposition leader

Police fired tear gas and demonstrators burned cars Monday near the home of Senegal’s main opposition leader, as tensions rise in the capital days before a court verdict is expected.