En un mois, le Fonds saoudien de développement a approuvé plus de 100 millions de dollars pour des projets routiers au Sénégal. Soit un tiers des financements accordés au pays ces quarante dernières années.
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Senegal’s ASC Jaraaf Sign Wallidan’s Edrissa Ceesay
[The Point] Association Sportive et Culturelle (ASC) Jaraaf have signed Edrissa Ceesay, Gambian central defender from Wallidan FC on a 2-year loan deal.
Read More »Aminata Touré to Run for 2024 Senegal Presidency
[The Point] Aminata Touré has officially announced her candidacy for the 2024 Senegalese presidential election.
Read More »Sénégal : Amadou Ba, un revenant… et un dauphin ?
Nommé à la primature le 17 septembre, l’ancien ministre est un homme ambitieux mais patient, dont le choix ne révèle rien ou presque des intentions de Macky Sall pour 2024.
Read More »Lessons From Dakar – How Peer Learning and Capacity Strengthening of CSOs Impacts Africa’s Development
[Nigeria Health Watch] At the Café De Rome Hotel, 350 meters from the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, academics, and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from across Africa congregated at the Association for Research on Civil Society in Africa (AROCSA) conference. Throughout the two-day conference, they discussed how their work impacts …
Read More »Sénégal : quand Mimi Touré rompt avec Macky Sall
Lors d’une conférence de presse, ce 25 septembre, l’ancienne Première ministre a claqué la porte de l’Alliance pour la République. Et tourné le dos à son mentor, le chef de l’État.
Read More »Two Decades After the Joola Tragedy, Senegal Recalls the Wound That Won’t Heal
[RFI] Twenty years ago today, the coastal ferry Joola capsized off the coast of Senegal, drowning nearly 2,000 passengers. The Senegalese town where half of the dead lived will on Monday hold commemorations for a « wound that never heals ».
Read More »High-Level Panel On Security, Development in Sahel Launched
[UN News] UN Secretary-General António Guterres and African leaders have launched a high-level panel to assess the situation in the Sahel and make recommendations on ways to foster international engagement and map out responses to the region’s complex challenges.
Read More »Senegal, Morocco Win Friendlies – Brazil Continue Dominance Over Ghana
[CAF] The African sides playing at the 2022 World Cup had mixed fortunes in their warm-up matches during this week’s international break as they geared up for November’s tournament in Qatar.
Read More »Air Traffic Controllers Strike Disrupts Flights in West Africa
[RFI] Flights in and out of airports in a number of countries in West and Central Africa have ground to a halt after air traffic controllers defied a ban and launched a « wildcat strike » on Friday to demand better working conditions.
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