DAKAR | Xinhua | Senegal’s parliament on Monday adopted a bill postponing the presidential election until Dec. 15 this year. Deputies from the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition and the main opposition Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) voted on the bill, which enjoyed majority backing. The bill was proposed by PDS …
Read More »
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed political, trade and economic cooperation, as well as the impact of Western sanctions with the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) and Senegalese President Macky Sall in the southern Russian city of Sochi on Friday. Putin and Sall addressed a …
Read More »
Can their new plan stave-off coup fear? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Feb.11, President Yoweri Museveni who had not ventured outside East Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Uganda in March, 2020, flew thousands of miles to Congo-Brazzaville and Senegal. A statement from State House said President Yoweri …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price