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A Bad Month for Populism
It appears the promised red wave was no more than a timid ripple that the GOP won’t be riding to a majority in the…
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« Nemekou Tour »… Dereet*: No More Blood Shed, No DNA Test for Sonko
Ousmane Sonko was heard, on November 3, 2022, on the merits of the rape case between him and Adji Raby Sarr. The hearing went…
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A Thousand Lashes for How Many Senegalese Men?
A video that has gone viral on social networks and other news sites in recent days shows a public punishment session for a woman…
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If I had advice to give to Mimi
I had facilitated the reunion between President Macky Sall and Mme Aminata Touré, after the noise following her sacking, in November 2020, from the…
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Illegitimate Anger Follows a Predictable Debacle
I find myself astonished at the astonishment of the Senegalese people at the spectacle that our honorable deputies presented to us during the inauguration…
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What if the Magic of Football Blows Into the Spirit of Macky Sall
The Football World Cup is the most popular trophy. Before each competition, this work by the Italian artist, Silvio Gazzaniga, cast in gold weighing…
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Senegalese opposition: « Do as I say, but not as I do »
Opposition leaders fail to live up up to their word once more, and won’t apply their own standards to themselves. Almost all of these…
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Ousmane Sonko or Frankenstein’s Monster
It is as if many important voices of the media, civil society and the political opposition have suddenly come out of a long collective…
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The United States, a Third World Democracy
Jimmy Carter was not a great president, but all Americans recognise that he is a great former president. The best former president, they say….
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Macky Sall Has Nothing to Fear from the National Assembly
The general elections of 31 July 2022 produced an unprecedented political situation, with a relative majority for the ruling coalition, that it would make…
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The Herculean Task of The African Fireman
My colleague from Mali, Alassane Souleymane Maïga, had the brilliant idea to call Macky Sall an African fireman in his paper « African fireman and…
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Salif Will Follow Cesar’s Footsteps to Canossa
Cesar Atoute Badiate has come to Canossa. It is just a matter of time, but Salif Sadio will also come to Canossa. Since the…
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