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.[2]
September 29 — President
Macky Sall pardons his rival, the former mayor of
Dakar,
Khalifa Sall, who was jailed in 2018 for corruption.[4]
November 19 – West Africa's largest mosque opens in
Touba at a cost of US $50 million.[5]
December 11 – Music legend
Baaba Maal, who was born in
Podor promises to fight to stop the
desertification in the Sahel by planting trees.[6]
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.[7]
