Senegal

The 32nd Saint-Louis International Jazz Festival will open later this week, taking place 16-20 May in Place Baya and other venues; it will feature 31 international artists and include a Masterclass series on South African Jazz

After two weeks of negotiations, the State managed to acquire the library of Leopold Sedar Senghor, containing several hundred signed works, in Verson, Normandy, where the former president and poet owned a mansion

The Dakar Biennial, a prestigious month-long event dedicated to contemporary African art, will be postponed from May to November as newly elected authorities wish to wait for optimal conditions

Depigmentation, a common practice among some women groups in Senegal, links to cancer surge; Dr. Fatoumata Ly says there has been a 100% mortality rate of skin cancer patients due to depigmentation

Senegal's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed Ousmane Sonko as his prime minister; Sonko could not run for president because of a criminal conviction

Senegal's only female presidential candidate has little or no chance of winning in Sunday's election, but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decades-long campaign to achieve gender equality

Incidents cast a shadow over the start of the election campaign in Senegal this weekend with violent clashes between supporters of presidential majority candidate Amadou Ba and those of opponent Bassirou Diomaye Faye

In a surprising twist, Senegalese President Macky Sall officially announced the date of 24 March for the next presidential elections, triggering reactions across the country and evoking a mixture of relief and uncertainty among citizens

The Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, one of the largest in West Africa with more than 90.000 students, has reopened after months of closure due to political unrest

Senegalese took to the streets to protest against the possible extension of President Macky Sall's term of office beyond 2 April, the date for the handover of power, after the Constitutional Council rejected a law to postpone the presidential elections

Clashes occurred in Dakar between security forces and demonstrators protesting the unprecedented postponement of the presidential elections, announced by Head of State Macky Sall, originally scheduled for 25 February

A recently concluded seminar in Dakar addressed the possibility of defining a strategy for better management of labour and remittances from the diaspora to African countries in an initiative of the UN Economic Commission for Africa