It is at the end of this week that the Constitutional Council of Senegal, the body responsible for publishing the final list of participants in next month's presidential election, will make its decision.
In the meantime, he is studying the multiple appeals brought not only by those who failed at the sponsorship stage but also those of the candidates still in the running that they have lodged against other candidates.
Appeals which target in particular the plans B of the opponent Ousmane Sonko or even Karim Wade, the candidate of the PDS, the Senegalese Democratic Party.
Correspondence in Dakar from Sarah Sakho.
President Macky Sall officially inaugurated the Rapid Transit Bus.
The BRT, which will run on dedicated tracks from Guédiawaye in the suburbs of Dakar to Petersen in downtown Dakar, will transport 300,000 passengers every day.
Its aim is to improve the movement of Dakar residents who face endless traffic jams on a daily basis.
It is presented as the first project of its type that runs on 100% renewable energy in Africa.
Report from Dakar by Elimane Ndao
In Guinea, several journalists were arrested this Thursday by the police.
the press union had called for a “human surge” in the roundabouts of Conakry and surrounding areas to denounce the jamming of the media and the restriction of the Internet by the ruling junta.
The demonstration was banned by the authorities.
Malick Diakité tells us more.
There have been at least 12 attacks in one month in the province of Cabo Delgado where the company Total has still not resumed activities on its gas project interrupted 2 years ago.
Some expected the return of Total at the start of the year, but the situation remains volatile.
Botswana confirmed this weekend that its troops were withdrawing from the Southern African Samin force.
Caroline Dumay's explanations
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