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[allAfrica] Habibou Dia has been elected ambassador of the DongFang Scholarship Program cohort at Peking University following a vote involving representatives from 58 countries.

[The Point] The President of the National Assembly of Senegal, El Malick Ndiaye, announced his resignation on Sunday, two days after the dismissal of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, in a context of strong political tensions.

[The Conversation Africa] Power struggles often play out in Senegal’s political arena, both within a party and between rival parties. To summarise British foreign minister Lord Palmerston’s argument in 1848:

[The Conversation Africa] How was iron produced 2,000 years ago in Senegal? A recent study at the Didé West 1 archaeological site, in the Falémé Valley in eastern Senegal, sheds light on an ancient iron production technique.

[The Point] The question of the compatibility of mandates within Senegalese institutions is not merely a technical debate; it strikes at the very heart of constitutional balance and the separation of powers. The case of Ousmane Sonko, elected as a member of parliament in 2024 while already serving as Prime …

[The Point] The political rupture between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has now grown far beyond an ordinary disagreement between two political allies. It is rapidly evolving into a fierce ideological battle over the very soul, direction, and future of Senegal. What many initially dismissed …

Alors que les prix du kérosène grimpent, les transporteurs africains réduisent leurs dessertes pour limiter les pertes. Mais la menace sanitaire pourrait compliquer davantage encore l’équation économique du secteur.

Dans la province de l’Ituri, épicentre de la propagation de la maladie, le climat oscille entre peur et déni, à mesure que la catastrophe sanitaire enfle et que les morts s’accumulent.

Le fondateur de la fintech sénégalaise InTouch, présente dans 27 pays africains, veut l’imposer sur le reste du continent. Son credo : « Être au cœur de la transaction, où qu’elle se déplace. »

Principale suppléante de son époux au sein de la Société nationale des hydrocarbures (SNH), Nathalie Moudiki voit son influence grandir mois après mois. Au point que son agenda ne semble pas lui permettre d’assurer toutes ses fonctions.