Tag: Senegal

Mobile internet suspended in Senegal

- Agence France-Presse -

Mobile internet access in Senegal was suspended on Tuesday for the second time this month, the communications ministry said, after authorities banned a march against the delay to February's presidential election. President Macky Sall's decision to push back the February 25 vote until December plunged Senegal into a crisis which has

Student killed in Senegal at Friday’s vote delay protests -ministry

- Times Report -

REUTERS,DAKAR A student was killed in the Senegalese city of Saint-Louis amid Friday's violent protests against the postponement of the presidential election, the interior ministry said on Saturday. Clashes between security forces and protesters gripped Senegal's capital and other cities on Friday, the first widespread unrest over the delay of a vote that many

Senegal beats Qatar to keep next round hope alive

- Associated Press -

Host nation Qatar are perilously close to crashing out of the World Cup after they slumped to a 3-1 defeat by Senegal at the Al Thumama Stadium on Friday, despite Mohammed Muntari netting the country's first-ever World Cup finals goal. A win or a draw for Netherlands against Ecuador, who