[Greenpeace] Dakar, Senegal, 15 October 2020 – The Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy of Senegal issued apress release on 12 October 2020 and rejected the key findings in Greenpeace Africa’s report « Seasick: as COVID-19 locks down West Africa, its waters remain open to plunder »(1). According to the Ministry’s press …

[IPS] Dakar — Ismaila Badji could not bring himself to leave his house for weeks after returning to Senegal. « I failed twice; at school and on the road, » he said. « What’s wrong with me? I’m still looking for the answer. » After spending time in a Libyan detention centre, Badji returned …

Sokhna Aïda Diallo, la veuve du chef des thiantacounes, est tombée en disgrâce à Touba. En revendiquant l’héritage de son mari, elle s’est attirée les foudres du khalife général des mourides et d’une partie de la puissante confrérie.

[CAF] For the first time since the Match Day 2 of Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cameroon 2021 qualifying matches in November last year, African countries got back to action post COVID-19 with various friendly matches played all over the globe.

[CAF] Mauritania’s coach Corentin Martins expressed his satisfaction with his side’s preparations, as he unveiled a 24-man list for Mourabitones friendlies against Sierra Leone on 9 October in Nouakchott and Senegal four days later in Thiès.

Les députés français ont approuvé mardi soir à l’unanimité un projet de loi restituant au Bénin et au Sénégal des biens culturels amenés en France à l’époque coloniale au titre de  » butins de guerre « .

[RFI] The French National Assembly votes today on whether to return key works of art to Benin and Senegal, amid a wider debate over the restitution of artworks.

[LINA] Monrovia — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has repatriated 43 stranded Liberian migrants from Senegal to their motherland, Liberia..

Grâce au tièèbou dien, son plat le plus emblématique, le Sénégal étend son influence bien au-delà du continent. Un rôle d’ambassadeur en passe d’être reconnu par l’Unesco.

[ISS] It’s been five years since former South African president Thabo Mbeki and his high-level panel published their landmark report on illicit financial flows (IFFs) from Africa. They calculated that these flows – the proceeds of crime and corruption, but mostly also tax dodges by multinational enterprises – were costing …