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Royal Air Maroc beefs up fleet with Avolon lease deal

Royal Air Maroc has signed with Dublin-based Avolon Company a lease agreement for six Boeing 737-8 MAX planes. Two aircraft were delivered in recent weeks with the remainder to be delivered through 2025 and 2026. Commenting the deal, Paul Geaney, President and Chief Commercial Officer, Avolon said: “We are excited to welcome Royal Air Maroc […]

Mayor of Senegalese town of Thiès unveils plans to run for 2024 presidential elections

Babacar Diop, Mayor of the Senegalese town of Thiès announced Sunday he will be a candidate for 2024 presidential elections for which incumbent Macky Sall is currently barred from. Diop made the announcement at the end of the congress of his Forces démocratiques du Sénégal [Democratic Forces of Senegal] also known as Guelwaars. The Philosophy […]

River floods put Senegal’s food security at risk

A flooding that hit the main farming region of Podor in eastern Senegal is threatening the country’s food security. The flooding of the Senegal river destroyed farmlands in Podor, which supplies about 46% of the country’s onion needs and disrupted the ploughing and sowing season. For more than a month, vast areas have remained drowned […]