Tag Archives: Sunugal

[Monitor] Uganda’s national beach soccer team – the Sand Cranes – will be the underdogs at this month’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in Senegal starting next week.

[The Conversation Africa] Senegal has a robust history of women’s activism against sexual violence, which led to landmark legislation making rape a criminal offence last year. However, survivors of alleged sexual assault rarely denounce men by name.

« Tous les trafiquants de crack sont Sénégalais », affirmait le polémiste français Éric Zemmour, le 13 mai dernier, à propos du commerce parisien de ce stupéfiant. Une porte ouverte à tous les amalgames.

[RFI] A week ago, the sentencing of two transgender women in Cameroon to five years in prison for « attempted homosexuality » highlighted the ongoing difficulties sexual minorities and transgender people face on the African continent. RFI spoke to two young people in Senegal and South Africa about their very different experiences.

[Nation] Senegal’s AS Douanes proved too strong for Algerian side Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers (GSP) beating them 94-67 in day two of the ongoing Basketball Africa league (BAL) in Kigali, Rwanda Monday.

[Foroyaa] The United Democratic Party views with alarm and despair the frequent reports of interceptions and seizures of large quantities of drugs and narcotic substances in and around the Gambia. The recent spike in number of serious crimes such as murder, rape, armed robberies human trafficking and drug smuggling are …

Le président Macky Sall a fixé la date des prochaines élections locales au 23 janvier 2022. Les opposants Karim Wade et Khalifa Sall devraient avoir le droit de se présenter, selon un rapport d’experts indépendants.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia — 18 athletes from the national judo team will travel to Dakar next week to take part in the Tokyo Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament said Technical Director of the Tunisian Judo Federation (French: FTJ) Abderrazek Turki.

[This Day] A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and immediate past Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has been turbaned as the leader of Tijaniyya Islamic sect in Nigeria.

[VOA] Bargny — Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and her grandmother and mother processed fish. Like generations of women, she now helps support her family in the small community of Bargny by drying, smoking, salting …