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Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻媞塈 ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''R矇ewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 井仆不丐仆不五 ...
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Macky Sall Macky Sall (, wo, Maki Sll, fuc, 丐仇五 丐中, italic=no, Maki Sal; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who has been President of Senegal since April 2012. He was re-elected President in the first round voti ...
(since April 2, 2012) *
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Mahammed Dionne Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne (born 22 September 1959) is a Senegalese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Senegal from 2014 to 2019. He was the third prime minister appointed by President Macky Sall. Dionne served at the Central Bank ...


Events


January

*January 8 West Africa's largest wind farm opens in Taiba NDiaye,
Tivaouane Department Tivaouane Department is one of the 45 departments of Senegal, and one of the three in the Thi癡s Region. Its capital is Tivaouane. The department has three urban communes: Mboro, Meckhe and Tivaouane. The rural districts (''communaut矇s rural ...
. *January 9 Soccer player
Sadio Man矇 Sadio Man矇 (born 10 April 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Senegal national team. Considered one of the best players in the world and amongst the greatest African ...
(
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) apologizes for missing a planned January 11 at the Museum of Black Civilisations in Dakar after being named the
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. *January 14 Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye, president of the Senegalese Olympic Committee, promises Dakar will be ready to host the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics. *January 15 **Senegalese-born American rapper
Akon Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of " Locked Up" (featuring Styles P) ...
('' Locked Up'') announces that plans for his new city, called "Akon City" and located near the
L矇opold S矇dar Senghor International Airport L矇opold S矇dar Senghor International Airport (french: link=no, A矇roport international L矇opold-S矇dar-Senghor, ) is an international freight and former passenger airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The airport is situated near the t ...
have been finalized. The new city will trade exclusively in his digital coin ''Akoin''. **The office of
Karamba Diaby Karamba Diaby (born 27 November 1961) is a Senegalese-born German chemist and politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2013 elections. Early life and education Diaby grew up in Marsas ...
, who was born in
Marsassoum Arrondissement Marsassoum Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the S矇dhiou Department in the S矇dhiou Region of Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻媞塈 ''As-Sinighal'') o ...
, in S矇dhiou Region, a member of
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(English: Parliament) from
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,
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, and a member of the
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, is shot at. *January 23 '' Cuties'' (: "Mignonnes"), a film by French director of Senegalese descent
Ma簿mouna Doucour矇 Ma簿mouna Doucour矇 (; born 1985) is a French filmmaker. She made her feature film directorial debut with ''Cuties'' in 2020 and became a controversial figure globally after the film's international release on Netflix. On 8 March 2019 coinciding ...
, premiers at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It goes on to win the Directing Jury Award.


February

*February 2 Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...
announces a trip to Senegal this week. *February 6 President Macky Sall said earlier this week that Senegal could not match "big countries" in organizing emergency evacuations from China in relation to the
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, pointing to the charter flights, medical personnel and quarantine facilities necessary for such an operation. *February 8 President Sall is awarded the 2020
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. *February 12 Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...
criticizes Senegal's criminalization of homosexuality during a visit with President Sall; Sall says, 'were comfortable with our laws.' *February 14 U.S. Secretary of State
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arrives in Dakar for an official visit. *February 20 29: 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament,
Diamniadio Diamniadio is a town in Senegal. History Diamniadio is a part of the collective development program of the government of Senegal under the leadership of President Macky Sall to revitalize Senegal's economy. The development of the new city is ta ...
, Senegal


March

*March 11 **The
Pasteur Institute of Dakar The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) is a biomedical research center in Dakar, Senegal. The institute is part of the world-wide Pasteur Institute, which co-manages the IPD with the Senegalese government. Description In 1896 mile Marchoux, a ...
and DiaTropix team up with Mologic, a British biotech firm, to develop point of need test kits that can diagnose
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in 10 minutes. **20,500 Dakar residents petition to make the former airport into a park. *March 15 Senegal imposes travel restrictions, bans
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, and closes schools for three weeks in response to the coronavirus. They also ban public gatherings for a month including Muslim and Christian pilgrimages.Several African nations roll out measures to fight virus
by MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, Associated Press, 15 March 2020


April

*April 14 Hundreds of street children and teenagers are forced to a refuge north of Dakar as fear of COVID-19 spreads.


May

*May 12 The government eases restrictions one day after COVID-19 infections increase by 30%. *May 27 Senegal unilaterally ends its tax agreement with
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. *May 28 June 28: 14th Dak'Art fair with the theme ''I'Ndaffa/Forger/Out of Fire'' (a trilingual take on the word "forge" in Serer, French and English) at the
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in Dakar *June 2 COVID-19 pandemic: Educational authorities decide against reopening high schools for 550,000 children after a cluster of coronavirus infections is detected among teachers in the
Ziguinchor Region Ziguinchor is a region of Senegal (regional capitals have the same name as their respective regions). The region is also referred to historically and popularly as Basse Casamance , settlement_type = Geographical region , image_skylin ...
,
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. *June 3 COVID-19 pandemic: Protests against the government's handling of the pandemic break out in Dakar, Touba, and
Kaolack Kaolack ( ar, 塈塈; wo, Kawlax) is a town of 172,305 people (2002 census) on the north bank of the Saloum River and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south. Kaolack is an ...
. Senegal has confirmed almost 4,000 cases of COVID-19, including 45 deaths, and thousands are unemployed. *July 8 International air flights restart. *July 31
Tabaski Eid al-Adha () is the second and the larger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's ...
, public holiday A shortage of sheep is reported.


August

*August 21 Senegalese authorities request the removal of 2,700 tons of
ammonium nitrate Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is highly soluble in water and hygroscopic as a solid, although it does not form hydrates. It is ...
(NH4NO3) from the port of Dakar. The request for the removal of the ammonium nitrate, a chemical which is used to make fertilizer, comes following the deadly
2020 Beirut explosion On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and United States dollar, US$15 billion in property damage, as well as lea ...
, which involved the ignition of ammonium nitrate. The shipment is destined for Mali, but the border is closed because of the 2020 Malian coup d'矇tat. *September 1 R&B singer
Akon Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of " Locked Up" (featuring Styles P) ...
, 47, lays the first stone for the US$6 billion village of Mbodiene south of Dakar.


September

*September 16
Lamine Diack Lamine Diack (7 June 1933 3 December 2021) was a Senegalese businessman, sports administrator, and athlete. He was president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1999 to 2015. He was the subject of numerou ...
, 87, former director of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), is condemned to four years of prison and fined 500,000 for allowing Russian doping at the Olympics. His son, Papa Massata Diack, who is refuged in Senegal, was sentenced to five years and fined 1 million.


October

*October 29 140 migrants drown when a boat from
M'Bour M'Bour or Mbour ( ar, 堥堭; Wolof: ''Mbuur''), is a city in the Thi癡s Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite C繫te, approximately eighty kilometers south of Dakar. It is home to a population of nearly 233,000 (2013 census). The city's m ...
that was bound for the
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capsizes near Saint-Louis. The national government and the UN
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(IOM) dispatched a mission to assess needs and provide assistance to survivors. It is the deadliest shipwreck recorded so far in 2020.


November

*November 15 Senegal becomes the first to qualify for the
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.


December

*December 8 A court in
Mbour M'Bour or Mbour ( ar, 堥堭; Wolof: ''Mbuur''), is a city in the Thi癡s Region of Senegal. It lies on the Petite C繫te, approximately eighty kilometers south of Dakar. It is home to a population of nearly 233,000 (2013 census). The city's ...
sentences Mamadou Lamine Faye and two other men for paying smugglers to illegally take their sons by sea to Spain. Faye's son died en route, one of 500 migrants who have died while trying to reach the
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, and the judge said he hoped to deter others.


Scheduled and predicted events

*April (TBA): The Cathedral of Saint Louis, the first Christian Church in West Africa, located in the city of
Saint-Louis, Senegal Saint Louis or Saint-Louis ( wo, Ndar), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 km north of Senegal's capital city Dakar, it has a population officially ...
, is scheduled to reopen after being closed for repairs in November 2018. *October 5
Grand Magal of Touba The Grand Magal of Touba is the annual religious pilgrimage of the Senegalese Mouride Brotherhood, one of the four Islamic Sufi orders of Senegal. On the 18th of Safar, the second month of the Islamic calendar, pilgrims gather in the holy Mouride ...
, public holiday *October 29
Mawlid Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi ( ar, 塈堹 塈堥, translit=mawlid an-nabaw蘋, lit=Birth of the Prophet, sometimes simply called in colloquial Arabic , , among other vernacular pronunciations; sometimes , ) ...
, public holiday *November 1
All Saints' Day All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the church, whether they are know ...
, public holiday *December 25
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, public holiday


Culture

*January 23 '' Cuties'' (: "Mignonnes"), a film by French director of Senegalese descent
Ma簿mouna Doucour矇 Ma簿mouna Doucour矇 (; born 1985) is a French filmmaker. She made her feature film directorial debut with ''Cuties'' in 2020 and became a controversial figure globally after the film's international release on Netflix. On 8 March 2019 coinciding ...
, premiers at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It goes on to win the Directing Jury Award. *May 22 A Wolof-language television show called ''The Virus'' is used to provide information about the COVID-19 pandemic.


Deaths

*January 17 Charles Carr癡re, 91, poet *March 27 Jacques F. Acar, 88, Senegalese-born French doctor *March 31
Pape Diouf Mababa Diouf, known as Papa Diouf or Pape Diouf (18 December 1951 – 31 March 2020) was a Franco-Senegalese football personality who was a sports journalist, agent for football players, and later president of Olympique de Marseille from ...
, 68, journalist. *July 3 Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye, 71, politician. *July 21 Cheikh Sadibou Fall, 69, politician,
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(2004). *August 4 Moustapha Sourang, 71, politician. *August 5 Senegalese murdered in arson in
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, Colorado: Djibril Diol, 29; Adja Diol, 23; Kadidia Diol, 2; Hassan Diol; and Hawa Beye, infant. *August 31 ** John Felagha, 26, Nigerian footballer (
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) dies in Senegal. **
douard Karemera douard Karemera (1 September 1951 31 August 2020) was a Banyarwanda, Rwandan politician who was convicted of genocide in 2011 after being apprehended in 1998. Born in Mwendo commune, Kibuye pr矇fecture, Rwanda, Karemera held the position o ...
, 69, Rwandan politician and convicted war criminal dies in Dakar. ** Jean Baptiste Mendy, 57, Senegalese-born French boxer,
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(19961997), pancreatic cancer. *October 31
Iba Der Thiam Iba Der Thiam, also known as I. D. Thiam (26 February 193731 October 2020National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
(20012012). *November 27 Madieng Khary Dieng, 88, politician,
Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
(19911993). *November 29
Papa Bouba Diop Papa Bouba Diop (28 January 197829 November 2020) was a Senegalese professional footballer. His preferred position was defensive midfield but he could also play as a centre back, where he previously played at Lens. Diop was considered a strong ...
, 42, footballer (
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); complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Papa Bouba Diop: Ex-Fulham midfielder dies at 42
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See also

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2020 in West Africa The following lists events that happened during 2020 in West Africa. January *January 3 **Nineteen people are killed and homes and other buildings are burned by unidentified gunmen in Tawari, Kogi State, Nigeria. *January 6 2020 Gamboru bo ...
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2020 in politics and government Events pertaining to world affairs in 2020, national politics, public policy, government, world economics, and international business, that took place in various nations, regions, organizations, around the world in 2020. January * January 1 ** ...
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COVID-19 pandemic in Africa The COVID-19 pandemicpandemic was confirmed to have spread to Africa on 14 February 2020, with the first confirmed case announced in Egypt. The first confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa was announced in Nigeria at the end of February 2020. W ...
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2020s The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" shortened to "the '20s" and referred to as the twenties) is the current decade, which began on January 1, 2020, and will end on December 31, 2029. The 2020s began with the COVID-19 pandemic the first ...
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2020s in political history 2020s political history refers to significant political and societal historical events of the 2020s, presented as a historical overview in narrative format. Chronological 2020 COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as th ...
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Politics of Senegal Politics in Senegal takes place within the framework of a presidential democratic republic. The President of Senegal is the head of state and government. Executive power in Senegal is concentrated in the president's hands. While legislative p ...
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National Assembly (Senegal) The National Assembly (french: Assembl矇e nationale) is the unicameral legislature of Senegal. The Assembly was previously part of a bicameral legislature from 1999 to 2001 and from 2007 to 2012, with the indirectly elected Senate being the uppe ...
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Economic Community of West African States The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as in French and Portuguese) is a regional political union, political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. Collectively, these countries comprise an ...
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African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...
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Community of SahelSaharan States The Community of SahelSaharan States (CEN-SAD; Arabic: ; French: ''Communaut矇 des Etats Sah矇lo-Sahariens''; Portuguese: ''Comunidade dos Estados Sahelo-Saarianos'') aims to create a free trade area within a region of Africa. There are ques ...


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