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 ...

Senegal’s Parliament has stripped former Prime Minister Aminata Touré, a former ally of President Macky Sall, of her seat ...

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 ...

An Egyptian worker removes loaves of bread from the oven at a bakery in Cairo's southeastern Mokattam district, as the prices of basic goods in Egypt have risen since Russia’s invasion of ...

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 ...

Now it is at the center of an alleged corruption scandal engulfing the European Parliament; those leading patrons have quit and even its own name plate has been removed from the door. Fight Impunity ...