Africa Senegal Aminata Mansour Sène was the woman who led the inaugural journey of the regional express train linking the capital to Diamniadio, considered a revolution for public transport in Dakar
Africa Senegal The typical Senegalese dish ceebu jën, made with rice and fish, has been inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list
Africa Senegal The increase in the price of bread was approved by the Ministry of Commerce and Small and Medium Enterprises with the aim of saving jobs, preserving the profitability of activities and ensuring the daily availability of better quality bread
Africa Senegal Collaboration between the company Oniva Senegal and the Dakar Polytechnic Institute has produced "Malaw", a prototype seven-seater vehicle designed to replace transport vans that are in use, though very old
Africa Senegal Singer-songwriter Baaba Maal has been appointed UN ambassador against desertification, as he has distinguished himself in the past for his sensitivity to this specific problem and environmental issues in general
Africa Senegal The launching ceremony of the integrated cross-border development plan for the Senegal River Basin will be presided today by the Minister of Territorial Communities, Development and Spatial Planning
Africa Senegal The young Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr has won the Goncourt Prize, the most important in French literature, given since 1896 to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"
Africa Senegal Land grabbing by private actors is on the rise in the country, including in coastal areas, with real estate projects multiplying mostly to the detriment of the populations
Africa Senegal The Gamou festivity, a largely participated pilgrimage recollecting the birth of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, is celebrated today by the Khadr community of the religious city of Taslima, in Bounkiling
Africa Senegal The National Agency for Early Childhood and Child Care is campaigning for the institutionalisation of a compulsory year of pre-school education for five-year-olds, with the aim of raising the gross pre-school rate to 64,6% by 2030
Africa Senegal Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the city of Touba to take part in the Magal, in commemoration of the exile in Gabon of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1853-1927), the founder of Muridism
Africa Senegal Diourbel's regional director of rural development believes that good agricultural yields can be expected from the first sowings by farmers in the region, despite the lack of rainfall that characterises the winter in this area
Africa Senegal Dakar will be the world capital of wetlands in 2022 during the 4th International Wetlands Forum to be held in the capital on 21-26 March 2022