Seventy-nine people filed their candidacy for the February 2024 presidential election in Senegal before the deadline of Tuesday evening

The number of applications submitted to the Constitutional Council has not been made public, but Le Soleil explains that the body that receives the deposit cheques of 45,000 euros required to run for the presidency, received 79 applications. The applications include those of the main favourites for the 25 February 2024 election: Amadou Ba, a […]
Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off

The Spanish authorities are searching the ocean off the Canary Islands for a BOAT that went missing more than a week ago carrying at least 200 African migrants. A search plane is scouring the waters south of the Spanish islands and other ships in the area have been asked to look out for the missing […]