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[VOA] Senegal’s controversial decision to reopen mosques as the Muslim-majority country is still battling the coronavirus pandemic has split the religious community.

Le président sénégalais a annoncé lundi plusieurs assouplissements des restrictions adoptées contre le Covid-19. Une décision polémique.

[The New Humanitarian] This article is part of a special report in collaboration with the 2020 Fragile States Index examining the impact of state fragility on crisis response and prevention.

À travers sa fondation, le mannequin sénégalais Alpha Dia distribue masques, produits de première nécessité et denrées alimentaires aux plus démunis.

[GGA – Governance and Covid-19] Journalists have an important role to play in documenting and researching the causes of Senegal’s Casamance conflict, helping to bring political opponents together

[VOA] Senegalese President Macky Sall says the West African country will begin reopening mosques and churches Tuesday and ease other restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus.

[Plan International] It’s been almost 60 days since Senegal confirmed its first case of COVID-19, and the country is now under lockdown as the number of cases continue to rise at a worrying rate. The state of emergency is accompanied by a curfew from 8pm to 6am, schools have been …

[African Arguments] Public media conveys the widespread fear that ‘Africa’ will be ‘hit worst’ when the virus starts to fully spread. Conflict zones that are out of state control, marginalized areas without appropriate medical services, poverty, the feared pre-existing illnesses that render the virus more lethal seem to be on …

Si la pandémie du coronavirus n’avait qu’une seule vertu, ce serait la renaissance du débat africain qu’elle provoque à l’heure actuelle. En effet, rarement les décideurs et intellectuels africains se sont autant exprimés par voie de tribunes, d’articles, d’appels divers et variés.

[The Point] The deputy director of Health Services Dr. Mustapha Bittaye yesterday in a daily press briefing with regard to covid-19 stated that after conducting 24 tests, one came out positive, saying the country currently has two active cases.