Dakar, February 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to release news commentator Abdou Nguer, who was arrested on Wednesday for challenging a public prosecutor’s statement on the cause of a student’s death. “Detaining a news commentator for his remarks on legal...

Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye has unveiled a broad slate of reforms aimed at decentralising power and modernising the economy, as detailed in an official communique, following a high-level cabinet meeting on Wednesday, 18 February 2026. Government spokesperson Marie Rose Khady Fatou FAYE shared...