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Pro-democracy activists in Guinea have announced more peaceful demonstrations against the military government to go ahead as planned on Thursday (11 May), while protesters in Senegal have also taken to the streets in capital Dakar against what they call an increasingly repressive state. New protests in Guinea are planned by the anti-government movement after its […]
Senegal is mulling plans to bid for the organization of the 2027 African Cup of Nations, Prime Minister of the West African country, Amadou Ba, said. “We will study in close collaboration with the FSF the specifications for the organization of the CAN 2027. And if the conditions are met, I will submit Senegal’s candidature. […]
Senegal Sunday registered the first death of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. The ministry of Health in a statement indicated that a patient who tested positive to the virus causing hemorrhagic fever, died at a local hospital on outskirt of capital Dakar. The […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall Tuesday made Fatou Fall, a medical Colonel, the country’s first female army general, announced Defense Minister Sidiki Kaba. Fatou Fall is graduate from Université Cheikh Anta Diop and got enlisted in the army in 1985. She also graduated from Université d’Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) where she studied hepatology and gastroenterology. She later […]
A court in Senegal’s capital Dakar announced Monday the appeal trial for defamation against opposition member Ousmane Sonko has been postponed to May 8. Sonko was initially expected to appear in court on April 17. The leader of Pasteef party was handed last month a two-month suspended prison sentence for defaming Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye […]
Abdou Karim Sall, the head of the Senegal’s telecommunication market regulator (ARTP) has brushed aside the possibility for the West African country to open the telecommunication market to a fourth service provider. Senegal’s current telecommunication market is dominated by three firms namely Sonatel, Free (formerly Tigo) and Expresso. During an interview with state-run news agency […]
Yankhoba Diattara, Senegal’s Sports Minister, has tendered in his resignation after his party leader Idrissa Seck demoted him from the Vice-Presidency of the party in a sign of sanction, reports say. Diattara, member of the former Prime Minister’s party, Rewmi (The country), has been member of the cabinet since September 2022, following Amadou Ba appointment […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall has said he was open to dialogue in the interest of “peace and national cohesion” amid high political tensions in one of West Africa’s most stable countries. Speaking on state TV Monday (3 April) on the eve of Senegal’s 63rd independence anniversary, Sall made no mention of the 2024 presidential elections […]
Senegalese authorities are coordinating with Tunisian counterparts the search of around 20 Senegalese nationals who were on a migrant boat that sank at the end of March off the coasts of the North African country. A Senegalese delegation went to Sfax, the starting point in central-eastern Tunisia of the shipwrecked boat, for a mission to […]
Although palm oil production has been linked to environmental damage and human rights abuses, it remains an important industry providing jobs and contributing to economic growth in several countries in Africa. The global palm oil market size reached US$53.1bn in 2022 and looking forward, the market is expected to reach US$67.6bn by 2028, exhibiting a […]