Africa Senegal Twelve tons of waste, twice as much as the previous year, were taken from from the Dakar coast through a cleanup operation on Hann beach last Saturday
Africa Senegal Amadou Ba, Prime Minister, will be the candidate representing President Macky Sall party in the upcoming presidential election in February 2024
Africa Senegal Senegalese chef Fati Niang has turned Niébé, a typical bean in Senegalese cuisine, more traditional in rural areas than in cities, into the protagonist of a high-end street food
Africa Senegal Planting five million trees in the next three years in Casamance is the ambitious project launched by several environmental actors, with the goal of halting coastal erosion and the advance of salt tongue that threaten the southern coastline
Africa Senegal National mobile roaming has been launched in the country to speed up access to rural areas; tests will be conducted in the northern (Matam) and southern (Ziguinchor) regions
Africa Senegal Two people were killed in Ziguinchor during protests triggered by the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko; Interior Minister Antoine Diome announced the dissolution of Pastef-Les patriotes, his political party
Africa Senegal The fight against flooding in Keur Massar has made progress thanks to the works carried out by the State in this department, which has been severely affected by this phenomenon in recent years
Africa Senegal President Macky Sall surprised many by deciding not to seek a third term in the upcoming elections in February 2024, a decision welcomed as a great relief by many in Dakar, where tensions had been running high
Africa Senegal People under the age of 25 account for almost 75% of Senegalese population, announced the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation on the basis of the provisional results of the Fifth General Population and Housing Census
Africa Senegal Japanese wrestler Shogo Uozumi, after competing nationally in Greco-Roman wrestling, left Tokyo last year to move to Thies to master a Senegalese style of wrestling known as Laamb and to share his knowledge of the sport's Olympic form with local talent
Africa Senegal Senegal has become the first African country to host a global summit of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, with the aim of exploring how to clean up the governance of oil, gas and mineral resources
Africa Senegal Saint-Louis, a small town in the north of the country, is home to an interesting space that pays homage to the town's still little-known artistic and cultural history, the Saint-Louis Museum of Photography, the 'MuPho'
Africa Senegal Leader of opposition Ousmane Sonko, in conflict with the country's authorities for more than two years, has been declared unreachable by the party; he is facing a rape trial that could result in his ineligibility for presidency at next general election