2021 in Senegal

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Events in the year 2021 in Senegal.

See also: 2021 in West Africa

Incumbents

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]

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.[10]

See also

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". msn.com. AFP. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  10. 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)
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