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SENEGAL: Farewell General Mamadou Niang!

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2020 was a macabre year in Senegal with the disappearance of political, religious and sporting figures. After the death of the mayor of Dalifort-Foirail, Idrissa Diallo, this Monday, December 28, 2020, it is the turn of General Mamadou Niang to retire the same day in London at the age of 82. He was one of the four personalities chosen to sit on the steering committee of the national dialogue initiated by the President of the Republic Macky Sall. Ze-africanews looks back on the extraordinary journey of those who have served their country in every way.

General Mamadou Niang was born in 1938 in Podor. He was a teacher in the village of Gaol near Kanel from 1960 to 1962. It was in 1963 that he joined the army training and became aide-de-camp of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armies Jean Alfred Diallo. He held this position until 1965. Seven years later, he became sector commander, again as part of his training, in the Balantacounda, in the region of Sedhiou.

General Mamadou Niang has a remarkable career. In 1980, he became the commander of the second Senegalese contingent in Lebanon. He held this position alongside the command of Defence Zone 2 in The Gambia until 1982. Dedicated and serious in his work, he was appointed Chief of Operations at the Army Staff in 1988, a position he will hold for two years. 

Between 1991 and 1992, as part of the management of the Casamance crisis, he was appointed president of the National Commission for Peace Management in Casamance by President Abdou Diouf. He gave his life and soul to peacekeeping in this southern region of Senegal before becoming assistant to the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces that same year.

Imbued with republican values and renowned for his impartiality, General Mamadou Niang was president of the National Election Observatory (Onel) from 1997 to 1998. A mission he was able to carry out and which earned him special consideration from the country’s politicians. The following year, he was appointed Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau from May 1999 to March 2000.

That same year, in 2000, he entered the government of moustapha Niass as Minister of the Interior. In this position, he contributed greatly to the improvement of the mobility and working conditions of the police forces before being replaced by General Lamine Cissé. In September 2003, Major General Mamadou Niang was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal to His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federal Republic of Brazil. A position he did not want to hold in Brazil for personal reasons

Several times decorated in Senegal and abroad, General Mamadou Niang was appointed in January 2004 as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Senegal to Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

General Mamadou Niang was therefore a true worker, a patriot who long played the role of peacekeeper in Senegal and in the world. He was called to God in London at the age of 82 following a short illness. 

It was through his Facebook page that the President of the Senegalese Republic, Macky Sall, paid tribute to this man who was always willing to serve his people. “I am deeply saddened to learn of the death today of General Mamadou Niang, former Minister of the Interior and Chairman of the Political Dialogue Cell Commission, among other eminent offices. I greet with respect the memory of this valiant compatriot who served the State and the Nation to the last breath.May he rest in peace, with my heartfelt condolences to his family.”

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SENEGAL – Harassment, food tampering, communication ban: the Diomaye Coalition President alert on the conditions of detention of his candidate

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Bassirou Diomay Faye

The Diomaye Coalition President warns about the conditions of detention of candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The members of the said coalition inform that his visiting days have been changed and he can only receive visits on Tuesdays and Wednesdays within the Court. He is also prohibited from telephone communications. The Diomaye Président coalition denounces this relentlessness against its candidate and holds the regime responsible for any attack on the physical or moral integrity of their candidate.

“Following the official launch of the Diomaye President Coalition and the massive adhesions of opposition leaders, it was expected that the government in power would reinstate the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye in his rights, particularly in the context of a presidential election of which he is undoubtedly the favourite,” reads a statement.

However, the Coalition announces that the Prison Administration, under the responsibility of the Minister of Justice, has decided to unilaterally and without justification tighten the conditions of detention of candidate Bassirou Diomaye FAYE by:

“A unilateral modification of his visiting days now, the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye can only receive visits on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and this within the Court itself. A ban on telephone communications under the pretext that the favorite candidate in the presidential election whose campaign begins in two days has conversations whose purpose is political. A continuous harassment of the room of the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is now searched at every turn.”

Moreover, she notes a «lack of security measures despite her status as a candidate in the presidential election of February 25, 2024 and multiple alerts on probable alterations of the food served to her. Candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye no longer has breakfast.”
The Diomaye President coalition denounces this relentlessness against its candidate. “We strongly denounce this umpteenth violation of the principle of equality between candidates in the presidential election of February 25, 2024. We call for the immediate release of Bassirou Diomaye Faye to actively participate in the election campaign.”

In any case, she stresses, «the State of Senegal has the responsibility to ensure its protection if it unjustly decides to maintain it in the bonds of detention».

In short, the Diomaye Coalition President indicates that «Macky Sall, Aissata Tall Sall and Amadou Ba will be held responsible for any attack on the physical or moral integrity of the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye».

Source : PressAfrik

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SENEGAL – 100.000 Housing: Ismaila Madior Fall á Bambilor for the inauguration

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This Friday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese from outside, Ismaila Madior Fall, accompanied by Minister Annette Ndiaye Seck, will inaugurate the “City of the Diaspora” in Bambilor. This project aims to prevent the creation of new slums and encourage the mass production of accessible housing.

According to the Observer, the aim is to boost and diversify the supply of housing for low-income and/or irregular households, while facilitating access to adapted bank financing. With a clear vision of strengthening the construction ecosystem, this initiative demonstrates the commitment of the Senegalese government to its diaspora.

The 100,000 units planned in this project were developed in partnership with the Senegalese government and its collaborators, seeking to meet the specific housing needs and concerns of Senegalese living abroad.

Source: PressAfrik

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SENEGAL – Thione Niang “I have no program, I have a vision”

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Thione Niang ©Ze-Africanews

Social entrepreneur Thione Niang is a candidate in the February 2024 election. In this exclusive interview, he reveals his vision, his projects in particular, “Give One project”, “JeufZone” which includes an agricultural component, training but also women’s empowerment. 

It was an opportunity for the social entrepreneur to look back on his beginnings, on the process of returning to his country of origin, Senegal. He addressed the political question: his involvement in the political ring while giving his opinion on the Senegalese political landscape. 

African politics is another aspect of this interview. The urgency of the industrialization of the continent, the urgency of helping African youth so that they have the same opportunities for development as other young people in the world, is close to his heart. 

On the question of the African school, Thione Niang proposes a redesign of it, starting with a paradigm shift and especially the content of the teachings. According to him, we must return to our fundamentals, namely our own models of identity representations, notably Cheikh Anta Diop or Nkrumah. 

Thione Niang, also told us about vision, his vision and not a program, to give each Senegalese what he deserves both in terms of education, health, but also on the development of infrastructure, which, according to him, necessarily passes first and foremost through food self-sufficiency, hence his return to the land for an assertive agricultural progress.

He ended up sending a strong message to all Senegalese.

The rest of the interview on this link:

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