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.[3]
November 19 – West Africa's largest mosque opens in Touba at a cost of US $50 million.[4]
