2022 in Senegal
Incumbents
- President: Macky Sall (since 2012)[1]
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal
May
- 26 May: A hospital fire kills 11 babies in a neonatal ward. As a result, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr is sacked as Minister of Health.[2]
July
December
- 1 December: In the National Assembly pregnant MP Amy Ndiaye is attacked by fellow MPs Mamadou Niang and Massata Samb.[4]
Deaths
- 17 January: Karim Ouellet, 37, Senegalese-born Canadian singer-songwriter.[5]
- 18 June: Mamadou Sarr, 83, Olympic sprinter (1968).[6]
- 18 November: Youssou Diagne, 84, politician, president of the National Assembly (2001–2002).[7]
References
- The World Factbook: Africa: Senegal CIA Library, retrieved 18 Jan 2020
- Nimi Princewill (27 May 2022). "Senegal President sacks health minister after hospital fire that killed eleven babies". CNN. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- AfricaNews (2022-05-11). "Main Senegalese opposition coalitions unite ahead of parliamentary elections". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- AfricaNews (2 December 2022). "Senegal : MPs sentenced to prison for assault & battery". Africanews. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- Quebec singer-songwriter Karim Ouellet, 37, found dead in Quebec City
- "Nécrologie : Décès de Capitaine Mamadou Sarr, ancien DTN Athlétisme - Senegal7" (in French). 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- "Deaths in November 2022", Wikipedia, 2023-01-16, retrieved 2023-01-16
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