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China has announced plans to waive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries that were due in 2021 amid a growing rivalry with the West and accusations that it is creating “debt traps” on the continent. The relief was announced on 18 August in an address to Chinese and African diplomats at a follow-up meeting […]
The signing of a peace agreement between Senegal and rebels in Casamance is “an important step” towards ending the nearly 40-year conflict in the southern region of Senegal, a mediator said. Under the peace deal signed in neighboring Guinea-Bissau last week between Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), the Casamance rebels […]
As polls have closed in Senegal’s parliamentary elections Sunday, both the ruling and the opposition parties claimed victory Monday as provisional vote tallies came in. Former Prime Minister Aminata Toure, who heads the ruling coalition, announced on national television that the party had won 30 out of 46 administrative departments. “This undoubtedly gives us a […]
The OCP Foundation signed, Monday in Dakar, a $2.2 Mln agreement with the Senegalese Agency for Reforestation of the Great Green Wall (ASRGM) aimed at preserving biodiversity. The agreement aims to support community agricultural development and to build the capacity of the agency in terms of supporting and supervising local biodiversity projects. “This is a […]
The chairperson of the African Union, President Macky Sall of Senegal, will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as the war in Ukraine exacerbates food insecurity on the continent. Macky Sall, accompanied by Moussa Faki Mahamat, the African Union Commission chairperson, is expected in Russia this Thursday and will meet Putin in Sochi on […]
Morocco and Senegal share the same determination to strengthen their military cooperation to defend the interests of both countries and face common challenges. This determination was stressed at a meeting in Rabat Tuesday between Lieutenant General and Inspector General of the FAR and Commander of the Southern Zone, and Lieutenant General Cheikh Wade, Chief of […]
The Hassan II Great World Water Prize was awarded to the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) in recognition of its commitment to this year’s theme “Water security in the territories for sustainable development and food security”. The award was handed to the High Commissioner of the organization Hamed Diané Seméga by […]
Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency has agreed to share its know-how with Senegal in energy efficiency and alternative energies with the support of Andalusian International Cooperation agency. A partnership accord was signed Wednesday in Rabat by Head of the Moroccan agency Said Mouline and Director of the Senegalese Agency for Energy Efficiency Djiby Ndiaye. Under […]
The fight against slavery in Mauritania “is a constant and irreversible priority” of the authorities, said Wednesday in Nouakchott a senior Mauritanian state official, during a rare authorized meeting on this topic in the country. “The hand of the government is extended to all forums and tribunes, in the legality and the rejection of extremism […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired a senior official who caused waves by publicly denouncing, on International Women’s Day, as “nonsense” traditions such as the ban on women working or shaking hands with men. The president has “terminated the functions of Mr. Papa Amadou Sarr, Delegate General for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth” (DER/FJ), […]