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Senegal’s President Macky Sall inaugurated Wednesday November 15 Kedougou airport, in South-East of the country, as part of his economic tour in the build-up to his exit from power. The airport had been rehabilitated and saw the upgrade of the security. Seydou Bâ, CEO of regional airports told media that the airport is now fully […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall Wednesday November 8 instructed the country’s Prime Minister to curtail all illegal migration attempts via the sea to the Spanish autonomous territory of the Canary Islands, after hundreds of Senegalese, including women and children, were rescued over the week-end off Mauritania’s coasts. “The Head of State referred to the National Strategy […]
Guinea has returned to Organization pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal (OMVS), a regional bloc for the development of Senegal River that including Mali, Mauritania and Senegal, after suspending its membership in July 2023, in protest to the neglect of its strategic interests. The country’s interim Prime Minister Bernard Goumou attended the online […]
Senegalese fishermen from Saint Louis staged Wednesday October 18 a protest against authorities over the delay in the effectiveness of the fishing agreement inked with Mauritania that grants 400 fishing permits to Senegalese fisher folks to operate in Mauritania’s waters. Both countries signed a deal in 2018 for Mauritania to provide permits to 400 Senegalese […]
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has decided to finance the construction of Ifria refrigeration facilities in two African countries, namely Morocco and Senegal. The move, announced last week, come after DFC provided technical assistance grants to the cold chain development company Ifria in 2021. The Corporation announced the signing of commitment letters worth […]
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s Interior Minister, indicated Monday October 16 the country’s civil guard will step up surveillance operations on the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania in view of curbing illegal migrations from the two African countries. Grande-Marlaska made the announcement following a meeting held in Canary Islands, a Spanish autonomous territory facing waves of arrivals […]
The Senegalese capital of Dakar will stage for two days from October 17 the 12th Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Standing Committee on Information and Cultural Affairs, known as COMIAC. President Macky Sall will co-chair the session along with OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha. The meeting will address activity reports of the OIC […]
France’s decision to withdraw its ambassador and military forces from Niger, the West’s last key ally in the central Sahel region, amid a wave anti-French sentiment, are yet another blow to Paris’s influence in its former African colonies, laying bare Europe’s weakening influence in the continent, analysts and diplomats say. President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement on […]
Senegal has secured a €76-million credit facility from Lome-based West African Development Bank (French acronym BOAD) for the implementation of two development projects. The bank okayed the loan during its 137th extraordinary summit that took place on September 20 in Cote d’Ivoire. The first project, valued at €23 million, concerns the construction and exploitation of […]
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has appointed on September 14 Cheikh Issa Sall, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Municipal Development Agency as the new head of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations after firing the Chief of the financial institution Mame Boye Diao, few moments after the latter unveiled his plans to run for next year’s presidential […]