Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 2, 2023Senegalese lawmakers receive a 6-month jail sentence for assaulting a coworker.
Amy Ndiaye Gniby, a fellow MP, was awarded more than $8,000 in damages from Amadou Niang and Massata Samb.
Two legislators in Senegal have been given six months in prison for attacking a pregnant coworker on December 1 during a heated parliamentary debate that turned into a full-fledged riot.
Amadou Niang and Massata Samb of the opposition Party for Unity and Rally (PUR) were also sentenced by the Dakar court to pay Amy Ndiaye Gniby of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition a total of 5 million CFA francs ($8,144) in restitution.
Samb smacked Gniby in the face during a budget debate in the National Assembly after she sneered at his words in defiance of her, creating a tumultuous televised spectacle that startled Senegal.
When Gniby replied by hurling a chair at Samb, other legislators forced him to the ground and Niang kicked him in the stomach.
Political tensions in Senegal, which erupted when the ruling party lost its commanding majority in the country's legislature in July, have gotten worse as a result of the conflict.
The defeat was largely viewed as a criticism of President Macky Sall in light of the lingering question of whether he will run for re-election in 2024. The opposition claims that if he does, he will violate both term limits and a previous pledge.
Sall, 60, has refused to state clearly whether he plans to run again.
Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 31, 2023India's budget would face severe challenges during the upcoming fiscal year.
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 31, 2023Uzbekistan imprisons demonstrators due to discontent against the government
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 31, 2023Bahraini prisoners suffer long-lasting "wounds" as a result of torture
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 30, 2023The 150-day march of Gandhi is over. Will it, however, reinvigorate Congress?
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 30, 2023NATO commander calls on South Korea to increase military aid to Ukraine
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 30, 2023More Russian military have moved into the Ukraine border region: Governor
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 30, 2023Finland declares it will support Sweden's NATO application.
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 30, 2023Death toll from Peshawar mosque explosion rises to 32
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 28, 2023India's Adani Group loses $48 billion in stocks due to allegations of fraud.
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 28, 2023India forbids the BBC's Modi film, "Ghosts of Gujarat"
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 28, 2023At a memorial for death camps, Russian "megalomania" in the Ukraine war is mentioned.
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 28, 2023High-stakes presidential primaries are held by the Maldives' ruling party.
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 28, 2023Afghan artist who is currently a refugee discusses the predicament of women
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 27, 2023Egypt's "oldest and most complete" mummy
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 27, 2023UN denounces M23 rebel assault on DRC town as hundreds of people escape
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 27, 2023Sayfullo Saipov, who murdered people on a bike path in New York City, was found guilty of the crime.
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 27, 2023US sanctions Wagner Group's financial support from a Chinese company
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 26, 2023Elections in two provinces will take place in April, according to a Pakistani poll panel.
Final election dates for two provinces whose assemblies were dissolved earlier this month as part of former prime minister Imran Khan's effort to
Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 26, 2023After securing combat tanks, Ukraine wakes up to devastating attacks
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Shijal ChudasamaJanuary 26, 2023Overview of the Middle East: Turkey, Sweden, NATO, and the Quran
NATO negotiations between Sweden and Turkey are broken off, the chief prosecutor of Lebanon and the judge who is trying to indict him square off,
