[allAfrica] Cape Town — President Macky Sall dissolved his 32-strong government team after 18 months, a government statement said.

[WHO] Dakar, 22 October 2020 – Senegal’s Institut Pasteur was one of only two laboratories in Africa able to test for COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. The institution’s director, Dr Amadou Sall, speaks about the efforts Senegal has made to strengthen testing as well as …

[MFWA] The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), condemns the denial of accreditation to Senegalese online media by the authorities of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), and calls on them to reconsider this unpopular measure in this age of the Internet.

Loin des rumeurs – démenties – sur le départ de son numéro deux, la compagnie nationale est plus que jamais en ordre de bataille face à ses challengers en Afrique de l’Ouest, mais repousse le lancement de certaines lignes long-courrier. 

[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists] ICIJ partners investigated suspicious transactions linked to prominent politicians, arms companies, the ivory, gold and diamond trades, and more.

[The Point] Basirou Sene, Senegalese High Commissioner to The Gambia has told this medium that his country still has its borders closed.

Rhéteur flamboyant, charismatique ou préparateur acharné, chaque orateur est éloquent à sa façon. Le Dr Cheikh Omar Diallo, fondateur de l’École africaine d’art oratoire, livre son analyse des forces et faiblesses des présidents sénégalais successifs. Et dévoile les dessous du « Wax Waxeet » d’Abdoulaye Wade, en 2011.

[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.