Senegal

Senegal elections arrest

ICFJ has helped train Senegalese journalists, who work in difficult environments, on how to operate in the midst of violence. Here, Cheikh Bamba Dièye, a candidate in the presidential election, is arrested by police while on his way to attend a demonstration. Photo by Mamadou Gomis.

Senegal elections photo congrats

A journalist and a photographer congratulate each other during the riots.

Senegal elections arrest

Cheikh Bamba Dièye, one of the candidates in the presidential election, is violently arrested by the police while going to the Place de l'Independance to attend a demonstration.

Feb 82012

Lancement D’une Plate-forme en Ligne Pour Des Blogueurs Qui Couvrent L’élection Présidentielle au Sénégal

ICFJ et le Centre d’études des Sciences et Techniques de l'information (CESTI) ont lancé une plate-forme d’information en ligne pour les blogueurs sénégalais qui couvrent la campagne électorale et l’élection présidentielle au Sénégal. La plate-forme est hébergée par le site du CESTI et vise à créer un espace permettant aux blogueurs de diffuser et de partager leurs articles sur la campagne électorale qui a débuté le 5 février et qui se termine par l'élection présidentielle dont le premier tour est prévu le 26 février.

Program:

Encourager les réformes juridiques dans le secteur des le secteur des médias et renforcer les organisations de médias au Sénégal

Feb 82012

ICFJ and CESTI Launch Online Bloggers Platform During Senegal's Presidential Election Season

ICFJ and the Center for Sciences et Information Techniques (CESTI) have launched an online news platform for bloggers during Senegal’s national election season. The platform is hosted on the CESTI website and is aimed at creating a space for bloggers to report and share their stories on the election campaign, which began on February 5 and culminates with the presidential election on February 26. The platform is a result of a bloggers’ workshop organized by ICFJ and CESTI on November 10-11, 2011.

Program:

Promoting Media Law Reforms and Strengthening Media Associations in Senegal

Senegal: Shedding Light on Poverty Issues

In Partnership With:

L'Observateur

Manuela Huyghues Despointes, a French journalist with extensive experience in Francophone Africa, is working with the daily newspaper L’Observateur and its sister radio station RFM, to produce daily coverage of poverty-related issues that receive scant media attention.

Recent stories focused on high health-care costs at public hospitals, coastal erosion threatening to displaced residents, and a heavily polluted canal in the middle of the capital.

Senegal: Shedding Light on Poverty Issues, 2010-2011

Reporter Deyna Ba at her desk at L’Observateur

Senegal: Shedding Light on Poverty Issues, 2010-2011

Reporter Deyna Ba at her desk at L’Observateur

Senegal Country Director Tidiane Kasse shares these photos from workshops that taught reporting skills for covering elections and investigations to journalists in Senegal.