IOM launched ‘CinemArena’ in The Gambia to raise awareness on irregular migration, aiming to empower youth through educational campaigns and community engagement across five countries, including Senegal, Guinea, and Tunisia, featuring testimonials like Fatou Ceesay’s, highlighting the importance of promoting positive attitudes towards migration.
Raffe Diab urged President Adama Barrow to enforce new anti-corruption laws, emphasizing their vital role in national development and calling for collaboration between political factions while discouraging divisive social media rhetoric.
The unconstitutional postponement of Senegal’s presidential election, endorsed by President Macky Sall and the National Assembly, signals a concerning shift in democratic norms in Africa, prompting reflection on the continent’s future amidst persistent poverty, conflicts, and injustices despite its vast potential and resources, highlighting the urgent need for political will, commitment, and accountability among leaders, state institutions, and regional bodies like the African Union and ECOWAS to safeguard democracy, uphold constitutional principles, and ensure the welfare of African citizens.
Pro-democracy group WADEMOS calls on ECOWAS to oppose Senegal’s election delay, criticizing it as unconstitutional and undermining the nation’s democratic progress.
In 2012, Macky Sall and Senegalese activists protested President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid for a third term, leading to accusations of a constitutional coup; Sall later won the election, promising democratic renewal, but recent actions, including a backtrack on a pledge not to seek a third term and the postponement of elections, have sparked further unrest, highlighting the erosion of democracy and stability in Senegal under both Wade and Sall.
