Africa Senegal The validation report granted to the national strategy for the protection of children will establish a system of protection and promotion of children's rights based on three pillars: prevention, care and support
Africa Senegal An exhibition entitled 'Picasso in Dakar, 1972-2022' is currently underway at the Museum of Black Civilisations in Dakar, highlighting the links between the famous Spanish painter and the artistic heritage of Africans
Africa Senegal The 9th edition of the World Water Forum in Dakar-Diamniadio ended Saturday with the theme "Water security for peace and development" to put water at the heart of multilateralism and international policies and build effective crisis response mechanisms"
Africa Senegal The Akon City project, an Afrofuturist city inspired by the imaginary kingdom of Black Panther, Wakanda, is at starting point, with talks of financial fraud and land swindle, with the alleged complicity of state institutions
Africa Senegal The Global Mercy, the world's largest civilian hospital ship, capable of treating 200 patients, leaves today for the country, where 93% have little or no access to health care and there are on average only two doctors for every 10.000 people
Africa Senegal With more than 700 kilometres of coastline, the country is one of West Africa's top fish producers; yet China's industrial fishing boats, whose fishing methods have a huge impact on the environment, are drastically reducing the local catch
Africa Senegal Barthélémy Dias took office as the new mayor of Dakar, after winning with 56% of the vote; his priorities are education, health, culture and cleaning up the city
Africa Senegal For the first time in history, the country won the African Cup of Nations, beating Egypt on penalties
Africa Senegal Senegalese journalist Sadibou Marong is the new head of Reporters Without Borders (Rsf) West Africa regional office based in Dakar
Africa Senegal Senegal football national team goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has been crowned the best goalkeeper of the year at the Fifa The Best awards, ahead of Italy's Donnarumma and Germany's Neuer
Africa Senegal The Office of the National Assembly has declared "inadmissible" the bill that aimed to tighten the criminalisation of homosexuality, already severely punished by the Senegalese penal code
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