Museum of African Civilisation Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/museum-of-african-civilisation/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Museum of African Civilisation Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/museum-of-african-civilisation/ 32 32 Senegal goes to the polls on Sunday https://jjcornish.com/2019/02/senegal-goes-to-the-polls-on-sunday/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/02/senegal-goes-to-the-polls-on-sunday/ Voters in one of Africa’s most sustainable democracies go to the polls to elect a President. Senegal has had three peaceful transitions of power since independence in 1960. Incumbent Macky Sall is hoping this will not be fourth. Senegal’s been in the news for infrastructure developments like a new train, a long bridge across the […]

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]]> Voters in one of Africa’s most sustainable democracies go to the polls to elect a President.

Senegal has had three peaceful transitions of power since independence in 1960.

Incumbent Macky Sall is hoping this will not be fourth.

Senegal’s been in the news for infrastructure developments like a new train, a long bridge across the Gambia River and the Museum of Black Civilisation.

Some of these were initiated by former president Abdoulaye Wade who is calling  for a boycott of the poll where Sall faces four opponents.

Half of Senegal’s 6,6 million registered voters live below the poverty line and ask what use the infrastructure developments are if they don’t have jobs to go to.

With half the country’s population under 19, young voters will have the most muscular say in this election.

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