2024 in Senegal
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Events in the year 2024 in Senegal.
Incumbents
- President: Macky Sall (until 2 April); Bassirou Diomaye Faye (since 2 April)
- Amadou Ba (until 6 March); Sidiki Kaba (until 3 April); Ousmane Sonko(since 3 April)
Events
February
- 3 February: Macky Sall announces the postponement of presidential elections on 25 February.[1]
- 5 February: Following unrest within the chamber, the National Assembly votes to postpone the presidential elections until 15 December.[2]
- 10 February: Violent protests break out nationwide in response to the postponement of the presidential elections.[3]
- 15 February: The Senegalese Constitutional Council strikes down the decision to postpone and reschedule the election by Macky Sall and the National Assembly as unconstitutional[4] and orders the government to hold elections as soon as possible.[5]
- 23 February: Macky Sall states he will leave the presidency in April, but does not give a specific date for the presidential election.[6]
March
- 6 March:
- The government sets the first round of presidential elections on 24 March.[7]
- Macky Sall dismisses Amadou Ba as prime minister to allow him to focus on his election campaign, and replaces him with Interior Minister Sidiki Kaba.[7]
- 24 March: 2024 Senegalese presidential election;[7] Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected president.[8]
April
- 2 April: Bassirou Diomaye Faye is inaugurated as president.[9]
- 3 April: President Faye appoints Ousmane Sonko as prime minister.[10]
- 16 April: Customs authorities seize 1,140 kilograms of cocaine valued at $146 million from a lorry in Kidira, near the Malian border, the largest drug haul inside Senegalese soil.[11]
May
- 9 May: Ten people are injured after a Air Sénégal and carrying 85 passengers and crew partially catches fire and skids on the runway during takeoff at Blaise Diagne International Airport outside Dakar.[12]
June
- 11 June: Production begins at the Sangomar oil field, the country's first offshore oil field.[13]
August
- 13 August: Multiple media outlets stop publication and broadcasts as part of a "blackout day" to protest an alleged crackdown by the government on press freedoms.[14]
September
- 2 September: A majority of MPs in the National Assembly vote against a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing the High Council of regional governments and the Economic, Social and Environmental Council.[15]
- 8 September: At least 26 people are killed after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Mbour.[16]
- 9 September: At least 16 people are killed and 22 are injured after a bus and a lorry collide near Ndangalma.[17]
- 12 September: President Faye dissolves the National Assembly and orders snap elections for the chamber on 17 November.[18]
- 22 September: Thirty people are found dead on a boat believed to be carrying migrants off the coast of Dakar.[19]
November
- 17 November: 2024 Senegalese parliamentary election: The PASTEF party of President Faye and Prime Minister Sonko wins a majority in the National Assembly.[20]
- 29 November: France officially recognises the killing of up to 400 members of the
Holidays
Source:[22]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 4 April - Independence Day
- 10 April – Korité
- 1 May - Labour Day
- 20 May - Whit Monday
- 17 June – Tabaski
- 16 July – Tamkharit
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 22 August - Grand Magal of Touba
- 15 September – The Prophet's Birthday
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
Art and entertainment
Deaths
- 5 April – Mahammed Dionne, 64, Prime Minister (2014-2019).[23]
- 24 September – Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, 103, politician, director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)[24]
References
- ^ "Au Sénégal, le président, Macky Sall, annonce le report sine die de l'élection présidentielle". Le Monde (in French). 3 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Senegal on the brink after elections postponed". BBC. 5 February 2024. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Violent protests erupt in Senegal after president postpones elections". Sky News. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Senegal's Constitutional Council overturns delay of Feb. 25 presidential poll". France 24. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Senegal's president says election will be as soon as possible, after court overturns delay". Associated Press. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Senegal's president says he'll leave office in April, but gives no date for elections". AP News. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Senegal president announces March election". BBC. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Senegal top court confirms Faye's election victory". The Canberra Times. 29 March 2024. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Bassirou Diomaye Faye sworn in as Senegal's new president after dramatic ascent". France 24. 2 April 2024. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Senegal president names opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as PM". France 24. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Senegal seizes nearly 1,140kgs of cocaine". Africanews. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Plane skids off runway in Senegal, injuring 10 people". Africanews. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Production starts at Senegal's first offshore oil field". France 24. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Senegal's media outlets stage a blackout day to bring attention to press freedom concerns". Associated Press. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Senegal: Opposition Mps reject dissolution of 2 state bodies, block revision of Constitution". Africanews. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Captain of migrant boat tragedy in Senegal turns himself in as death toll rises to 26". Associated Press. 11 September 2024.
- ^ "16 dead, 22 injured in Senegal road crash". al-Arabiya. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "Senegal's president dissolves parliament to call a snap legislative election". Associated Press. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "At least 30 bodies found on a boat along a migrant route off Senegal". Associated Press. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Senegal's radical government claims 'large victory' in legislative polls". BBC. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "France admits colonial 'massacre', says Senegal's leader". BBC. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Senegal Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Former Senegal Prime Minister And Presidential Candidate Dies". Barron's. Agence France Presse. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Former Unesco head Amadou Mahtar Mbow dead at 103". The Business Times. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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