July 29 — Journalist Adama Gaye (Kapital Afrik,Jeune Afrique,France 24,TV5Monde, andAl Jazeera) is arrested and charged with acting to compromise public security and offending the president.[2]
September 29 — PresidentMacky Sall pardons his rival, the former mayor ofDakar,Khalifa Sall, who was jailed in 2018 for corruption.[4]
November 19 – West Africa's largest mosque opens inTouba at a cost of US $50 million.[5]
December 11 – Music legendBaaba Maal, who was born inPodor promises to fight to stop thedesertification in the Sahel by planting trees.[6]
December 24 – Midnight mass is celebrated as the first event leading to the reopening of the Cathedral ofSaint Louis, the first Christian Church in West Africa, in the city ofSaint-Louis, Senegal.[7]
