A brawl breaks out in Senegal's parliament after a female member of parliament was slapped in the face by a male colleague, amid growing acrimony between ruling and opposition party politicians.

The brawl worsened political tensions in Senegal that have risen since the ruling party lost its comfortable majority in a July election. The loss was widely seen as a rebuke of President Macky ...

Other members of the Senegalese Parliament tried to break up the fight, but Gniby threw a chair toward her attackers ... The United in Hope coalition is led by Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, who is ...

A court in Senegal sentenced two politicians to six months in jail on Monday for assaulting a pregnant colleague during a brawl in parliament. The two men, Massata Samb and Amadou Niang from the ...

DAKAR, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A court in Senegal sentenced two lawmakers on Monday to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague on Dec. 1 during an acrimonious parliamentary session that ...

BRAWL BREAKS OUT IN SENEGAL PARLIAMENT AFTER MALE LAWMAKER SLAPS FEMALE COLLEAGUE Sall declared a three-day national mourning starting on Monday. He also said a meeting will be held on Monday to take ...

A leading human rights group says that a domestic violence law introduced five years ago in Tunisia has failed to protect women. In a new report, Human Rights Watch has concluded that poor ...

After speedy negotiations, the EU's Digital Services Act is teetering on the brink amid a fight between the Parliament and France, which holds the EU Council presidency, according to four officials ...

The Westminster leader of the Scottish National party has accused the UK government of putting the devolved nation on a ...