Events in the year 2019 in Senegal.
Incumbents President: Macky Sall Prime Minister: Mahammed Dionne
Events
February 24 – President Macky Sall wins a second term with 58% of the vote in the 2019 Senegalese presidential election. July 29 — Journalist Adama Gaye (Kapital Afrik, Jeune Afrique, France 24, TV5Monde, and Al Jazeera) is arrested and charged with acting to compromise public security and offending the president. September 27 — The opening of Massalikoul Djinane Mosque. September 29 — President Macky Sall pardons his rival, the former mayor of Dakar, Khalifa Sall, who was jailed in 2018 for corruption. November 19 – West Africa's largest mosque opens in Touba at a cost of US $50 million.Senegal inaugurates largest mosque in West Africa by Nicolas Haque, Al Jazeera, 19 Nov 2020 December 11 – Music legend Baaba Maal, who was born in Podor promises to fight to stop the desertification in the Sahel by planting trees.The music legend fighting to stop desertification in the Sahel BBC News, Retrieved 21 Jan 2020 December 24 – Midnight mass is celebrated as the first event leading to the reopening of the Cathedral of Saint Louis, the first Christian Church in West Africa, in the city of Saint-Louis, Senegal.El renacimiento del primer templo cristiano en África Occidental El Pais (Madrid), 26 Dec 2020
Deaths
18 February – Kor Sarr, footballer (b. 1975). 1 March – Maïmouna Kane, politician (b. 1937).Nécrologie : Maimouna Kane, première femme ministre tire sa révérence 18 November – Colette Senghor, 93, wife of Léopold Sédar Senghor, died in Verson, Normandy, France.Colette Senghor, wife of Senegal's poet-president, dies in France Al Jazeera, 19 Nov 2019
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