Substitute Moussa Sow snatched a stoppage-time winner as Senegal hit back to defeat Ghana 2-1 Monday in the Africa Cup of Nations Group C opener.

It was a deserved triumph for the Teranga Lions, who overcame a sluggish start to dominate the second half and wasted several chances before securing maximum points.

The Senegalese government banned the dissemination of Wednesday's editions of the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo and the French daily Liberation, both of which put a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on their front pages.

"It is forbidden to distribute and disseminate, by any means, today's editions of the French magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' and the French newspaper 'Liberation' throughout the national territory," the Senegalese news agency APS reported, citing a statement from the interior ministry.

Canada's onetime governor-general Michaelle Jean, a former journalist born in Haiti, was chosen Sunday after intense debate as the new head of the union of French-speaking nations known as "la Francophonie".

Jean, who served as governor-general from 2005 to 2010, is the first woman and first non-African to be named secretary general of the International Organisation of la Francophonie (OIF).

Culture Minister Rony Araiji has said the Lebanese delegation at the Francophonie Summit, which will be held in Dakar this weekend, is planning to urge participants to reject terrorism in the closing statement.

In remarks to An Nahar daily, Araiji said he and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil will discuss with the representatives of the participating states the threat of terrorism.

Senegalese President Macky Sall voiced hope that Burkina Faso's army and civil groups would Tuesday approve a framework for a transitional government after the ouster of the country's longserving ruler.

Sall, an emissary of the west African regional bloc ECOWAS, was in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou to try and facilitate a transition plan.

Lawyers acting for the son of former Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade challenged the legitimacy of his accusers on Monday as his multi-million dollar corruption trial resumed.

Karim Wade, 45, is alleged to have corruptly acquired companies and real estate worth almost $240 million (180 million euros) during his time as a minister in his father's government.

The flamboyant "super minister" son of former Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade went on trial Thursday accused of accumulating a multi-million dollar fortune through corruption while in office.

Karim Wade, 45, is alleged to have corruptly acquired companies and real estate worth almost $240 million (180 million euros) and has been in custody in Dakar for more than a year.

Senegal's Prime Minister Aminata Toure, who has only been in power since September 2013, has been removed from office less than a week after her ruling party was beaten in local elections.

Toure "is no longer prime minister, she was sacked," said one of her advisers.

Senegal voted in municipal and provincial elections on Sunday, seen as a key test for President Macky Sall as he tries to shore up support for his party two years after his own disputed victory.

Queues of voters formed outside polling stations in residential areas of Dakar shortly before voting began at 0800 GMT.

Dozens of women's rights activists took to the streets of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Monday to denounce the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria by Islamist militants.

Members of 20 organisations who had come together near the Nigerian embassy were moved on by police after less than an hour as the protest had not been authorized, but two were allowed into the embassy to submit a letter of protest.