First Sub-Saharan Africa's all-electric rapid transit bus network was launched in the capital Dakar; the 18.3-kilometre Dakar Brt project with 23 bus stops and three transfer hubs was realised by China Road and Bridge Corporation

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