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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Senegal</span> Country on the coast of West Africa

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Macky Sall</span> President of Senegal since 2012

Macky Sall is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round voting in February 2019. Under President Abdoulaye Wade, Sall was Prime Minister of Senegal from July 2004 to June 2007 and President of the National Assembly from June 2007 to November 2008. He was the Mayor of Fatick from 2002 to 2008 and held that post again from 2009 to 2012. Sall was a long-time member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). After coming into conflict with Wade, he was removed from his post as President of the National Assembly in November 2008; he consequently founded his own party named the Alliance for the Republic (APR) and joined the opposition. Placing second in the first round of the 2012 presidential election, he won the backing of other opposition candidates and prevailed over Wade in the second round of voting, held on 25 March 2012. He is the first president born after Senegalese independence from France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abdoulaye Bathily</span> Senegalese politician and diplomat

Abdoulaye Bathily is a Senegalese politician and diplomat. Bathily, the long-time Secretary-General of the Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party (LD/MPT), served in the government of Senegal as Minister of the Environment from 1993 to 1998 and as Minister of Energy from 2000 to 2001. Later, he worked as a diplomat for the United Nations, and since 2014 he has been Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Central Africa.

Djibo Leyti Kâ was a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of the Union for Democratic Renewal (URD). He was a prominent minister under President Abdou Diouf from 1981 to 1995 and founded the URD in 1998 after splitting from Diouf's Socialist Party (PS). From 2004 to 2012, he again served in the government under President Abdoulaye Wade, initially as Minister of State for Maritime Economy and then as Minister of State for the Environment beginning in 2007. Man of the state, he then was appointed Minister under Macky Sall's government before becoming the Director of the CNDT.

Iba Der Thiam, also known as I. D. Thiam, was a Senegalese writer, historian, and politician. He served in the government of Senegal as Minister of Education from 1983 to 1988; later, he was First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 2001 to 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré</span> Prime Minister of Senegal, 2007–2009

Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2007 to 2009 and Chairman of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union from 2011 to 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pape Diop</span>

Pape Diop is a Senegalese politician and a leading member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) who was President of the Senate of Senegal from 2007 to 2012. He was Mayor of Dakar, the capital city, from 2002 to 2009, as well as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karim Wade</span>

Karim Meïssa Wade is a Senegalese politician who served in the government of Senegal as Minister of State for International Cooperation, Regional Development, Air Transport, and Infrastructure from May 2009 to April 2012. He is the son of Abdoulaye Wade, who was President of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. Before joining the government, Karim Wade was President of the National Agency for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and served as an advisor to his father. He was widely seen as a possible successor to his father as president, and his father was widely believed to be grooming him for the position.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye</span> Senegalese politician

Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye is a Senegalese politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from 2009 to 2012. He was Minister of the Civil Service and Labour in 2005, Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic from 2005 to 2007, and Minister of State for the Maritime Economy from 2007 to 2009. A lawyer by profession, Ndiaye was a long-time member of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS). He is also Mayor of Guinguinéo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Senegalese presidential election</span>

Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 26 February 2012, amidst controversy over the constitutional validity of a third term for incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade. In the runoff on 25 March, Macky Sall defeated the incumbent president. The 2015 documentary film Incorruptible chronicles both campaigns as well as the youth movement Y'en a Marre, which led protests against Wade's administration.

Abdoul Mbaye is a Senegalese banker and politician who was Prime Minister of Senegal from April 2012 until September 2013. He is a technocrat who was appointed prime minister by President Macky Sall following the latter's win in the 2012 presidential election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Order of the Lion</span>

The National Order of the Lion is the highest order of Senegal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mbaye Ndiaye</span> Senegalese politician

Mbaye Ndiaye is a Senegalese politician who was Minister of the Interior from 4 April 2012 to 29 October 2012, then Minister of State without Portfolio.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Soham El Wardini</span>

Soham El Wardini is a Senegalese politician and former mayor of Dakar, Senegal. She is the first woman to be mayor of post-independence Dakar and the first deputy mayor of the city.

Events in the year 2019 in Senegal.

The following lists events that happened during 2020 in West Africa.

Mamado Bamba Ndiaye was a Senegalese journalist, islamologist, and politician. He served as Minister of Religious Affairs under the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade from 2000 to 2012. He supported Malick Gakou as Parti Grand leader in 2012, and Macky Sall for President of Senegal in 2019. Ndiaye was also director of the daily newspaper Le Messager.

Events in the year 2021 in Senegal.

Events in the year 2022 in Senegal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rewmi</span> Senegalese political party

Rewmi is a political party in Senegal. It is led by Idrissa Seck, after he founded it in 2006.

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  3. ↑ Liverpool's Sadio Mane apologises for missing Senegal visit after awards ceremony BBC Sport, 9 Jan 2020
  4. ↑ Jose Naranjo (16 Jan 2020). "Dakar se pone al día para la primera cita olímpica africana" [Dakar catches up for the first African Olympic event]. El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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  12. ↑ US secretary of state heads to Africa after long absence Archived 2020-02-15 at the Wayback Machine AP, 14 Feb 2020
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  14. ↑ Dakar petitions for 'Central Park' to stem concrete sprawl Archived 2020-03-12 at the Wayback Machine by Elimane NDAO, AFP/Yahoo! News, 11 March 2020
  15. ↑ Several African nations roll out measures to fight virus Archived 2020-03-26 at the Wayback Machine by MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, Associated Press, 15 March 2020
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  35. ↑ Le poète Charles Carrère n'est plus Archived 2020-02-06 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  36. ↑ Un grand patron de la microbiologie (in French)
  37. ↑ "De nombreux joueurs réagissent à la mort de Pape Diouf" [Many players react to the death of Pape Diouf] (in French). March 31, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  38. ↑ Le palu emporte Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye, 71 ans, ex-ministre des Affaires religieuses de Wade (in French)
  39. ↑ Macky Sall : "Cheikh Sadibou Fall était un homme politique engagé, un intellectuel d'une grande civilité" Archived 2020-10-24 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  40. ↑ Décès de l'ancien ministre de l'Education nationale, Moustapha Sourang (médias) (in French)
  41. ↑ "Denver police up reward to $40,000 for information on arson that killed 5 members of Senegalese family". The Denver Post. 9 September 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  42. ↑ Nigerian goalkeeper dies in Senegal
  43. ↑ Un ex-ministre et acteur majeur du génocide rwandais meurt en détention à Dakar (in French)
  44. ↑ L’ancien champion du monde Jean-Baptiste Mendy s’est éteint Archived 2020-09-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  45. ↑ Iba Der Thiam n’est plus [ permanent dead link ](in French)
  46. ↑ Décès de l’ancien ministre de l’Intérieur Madieng Khary Dieng (in French)
  47. ↑ Papa Bouba Diop: Ex-Fulham midfielder dies at 42
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