A project for a film screening followed by a debate on LGBTQI themes, supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Dakar and the Regional Office of the UNHCHR, was categorically rejected by the Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs

Badara Gadiaga, star columnist of Jakaarlo Bi show on TFM, is investigated upon comments made on TV, deemed sensitive; held in custody at the Special Division of Cybercrime, he is accused of dissemination of false news and speech contrary to good morals

The 65th Senegal Independence Day was honored yesterday across the country with a grand parade themed "Toward Technological and Industrial Sovereignty of Defense and Security Forces"; this national holiday commemorates the struggle for freedom

The first bone marrow transplant ever performed in Senegal was carried out by a team of Senegalese doctors from the Dalal Jamm hospital in Guediawaye, Dakar; the patient is well after the first month of convalescence

3.000 employees in the parastatal sector and public administration have been laid off due to the country's economic crisis and years of mismanagement of government funds