By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Polish President Karol Nawrocki cancelled his visit to Senegal on 30 October as his plane was heading towards Dakar; the aircraft turned back over Spain and returned to Warsaw. The decision follows a crisis at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, where judge Anna Korwin Piotrowska suspended the institution’s president, Seneweb reports.
Emmanuel Macron and Karol Nawrocki have decided not to attend the opening of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, scheduled for 31 October in Senegal. The French president is held back by a social crisis in France, while the Polish leader cited domestic political circumstances, Dakaractu reports.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Dakaractu ·
Dakar’s flagrante delicto court convicted Ousmane Fall, a topography teacher at G15, of insults and speech contrary to public decency published online. The case followed a complaint by Dr Mouhamad Ahmad Lo concerning several TikTok videos, Seneweb reported.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Seneweb ·
The investigating judge of the second chamber has sent 32 defendants to the Dakar Criminal Court in the Ndiaga Seck case, on six charges including criminal conspiracy and intentional transmission of HIV. The public prosecutor announced the decision in a statement published on 30 October 2026.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: SeneNews ·
Senegalese gendarmes arrested 27 people in Djifer, Fatick region, as they prepared to cross by pirogue to Spain; 19 are Senegalese and eight are Gambian. An investigation is to establish how the departure was organised, reports Xibaaru.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senego ·
Senegal beat Cape Verde in men’s beach volleyball at YOGSenegal’s pair Mouhamed M. Sidibé and Souleymane Seck Cissé Thiam beat Cape Verde in straight sets, 21-13 and 21-15, in their opening match in the men’s beach volleyball tournament at YOG Dakar 2026. The victory puts Senegal in a strong position in Pool F, according to Le Soleil, as the competition continues until 4 November.
Bensouda accuses Barrow government of altering inquiry reportKanifing Mayor Talib Bensouda accuses Adama Barrow’s government of altering a commission of inquiry report on local authorities. At a rally in Old Yundum, he said the published version differed from the commissioners’ original draft, Gambiana reports.The week in Africa
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