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 ...

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 Sall ...