2021 in Senegal

See also: 2021 in West Africa

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See also:	Other events of 2021 Timeline of Senegalese history

Events in the year 2021 in Senegal .

Incumbents

• President: Macky Sall (since 2012) ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Mahammed Dionne

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal

January and February

• January 7 – Diary Sow, 20, a student at Paris's Lycée Louis-le-Grand and known as "Senegal's best pupil," is reported missing. ^[2] She apologized for her disappearance on January 22. ^[3]
• January 8 – An outbreak of H5N1 (bird flu) is reported on a farm in Thiès. 58,000 of the 100,000 flock have been killed and the others culled. ^[4]
• January 9 – COVID-19 pandemic: Health Minister Ousseynou Badiane says Senegal does not have sufficient cold storage facilities for either the Pfizer–BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and the country is awaiting vaccines through the World Health Organization-backed global COVAX scheme. ^[5]
• January 13 – Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration in Ngor, Dakar after President Macky Sall declared a 9 p.m.–5 a.m. curfew in Dakar and Thiès Region. Other demonstrations took place in Medina and Yoff areas and suburban Pikine, Guédiawaye, and Thiaroye. ^[6]
• January 23 – Hundreds of dead pelicans are found in the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary. ^[7]
• January 27 – Three teenagers are arrested in a 2020 arson in Denver that killed five Senegalese immigrants to the United States. ^[8]
• February 8 – Supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko clash with police in Dakar on Monday after is accused of rape. ^[9]
• February 11 – The army seizes several hectares of marijuana cultivation and a rebel base in Casamance. ^[10]
• February 25 – Senegal is one of four countries added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of places that are only partially in compliance with international efforts against financing terrorism and money laundering. ^[11]

March and April

• March 3 – Ousmane Sonko, opposition leader, is arrested on charges of disturbing the public order. He has also been accused of rape. ^[12]
• March 4
  • Supporters of Ousmane Sonko clash with police in Dakar and one person is killed in Bignona, Ziguinchor Region. Services of two private television stations are suspended. ^[13]
  • Senegalese in New York protest Sonko's arrest in front of the United Nations. ^[14]
• March 5 – The death toll in the pro-Sonko demonstrations reaches four. ^[15]
• March 6 – A 17-year-old boy is shot during a demonstration in Vélingara Department. ECOWAS calls for calm and freedom to demonstrate. ^[16]
• March 8 – Ousmane Sonko is released from custody, but two more people are killed when police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds in Dakar. ^[17]

Scheduled and predicted events

Further information: Public holidays in Senegal

Culture

Further information: 2021 in African music

Deaths

• February 3 – Abdoul Aziz Mbaye, 66, diplomat and politician, Minister of Culture (since 2012); COVID-19. ^[18]
• March 14 – Thione Seck, 66, singer and musician in the mbalakh genre (Raam Daam) ^[19]

See also

• 2021 in West Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• 2020s
• 2020s in political history
• Politics of Senegal
• National Assembly (Senegal)
• Economic Community of West African States
• African Union
• Community of Sahel–Saharan States

References

1. The World Factbook: Africa: Senegal CIA Library, retrieved 18 Jan 2020
2. "Inquiry opened in France after Senegalese student Diary Sow goes missing". France 24. 12 January 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
3. "Diary Sow: Talented Senegal student 'sorry' after disappearing in France". BBC News. 22 January 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
4. "Senegal reports bird flu on farm, culls poultry". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
5. Van Der Perre, Christophe (January 11, 2021). "In Senegal, lack of cold storage limits COVID vaccine options". msn.com. Reuters. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
6. "Protests erupt in Senegal over new Covid-19 measures". Africanews. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
7. "Hundreds of pelicans found dead in Senegal World Heritage site". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. Reuters. January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
8. Sandell, Clayton (January 27, 2021). "3 teens arrested in mysterious Colorado arson that killed 5 members of Senegalese family". ABC News. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
9. "Clashes in Senegal after opposition leader accused of rape". Vanguard . Agence France-Presse. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
10. "Senegalese army seizes cannabis fields and rebel forest bases". news.yahoo.com. AFP. February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
11. GANLEY, ELAINE (February 25, 2021). "Senegal, Morocco, Caymans added to terror finance watch list". ABC News. AP. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
12. "Senegal's opposition leader arrested amid violent protests". AP NEWS. 3 March 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
13. "Senegal clashes kill one after opposition leader arrested". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
14. "Senegalese New Yorkers rally at the UN to demand the release of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko". African Immigrants, African American New Yorkers in Harlem and Beyond. Africa in Harlem. 5 March 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
15. "Senegal protests after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko arrested". BBC News. 5 March 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
16. "Senegal protests: The country is 'on the verge of an apocalypse'". BBC News. 7 March 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
17. "Senegal opposition leader released as new clashes erupt". ABC News. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
18. Décès de Abdoul Aziz Mbaye de la Covid-19 : Fin de mission d’un diplomate et 1er Directeur de Cabinet du Président Sall (in French)
19. "Senegalese music legend Thione Seck dies aged 66". France 24. 14 March 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

External links

• 'My brother died fighting for Senegal’s youth' (BBC News, March 25, 2021)