Thiès, Feb 10 (APS) – The President of the Republic, Macky Sall, welcomed, on Friday, in Thiès (west), the increase in the staff of the National Brigade of Firefighters (BNSP) which went from 3,100 to 5700 in ten years. “This upward trend will be maintained thanks to the annual recruitment plan for [recrues] military which … Read more
Dakar, Feb 9 (APS) – The decision of the Constitutional Council of February 1, 2023 authorizing the delegalisation of law n° 2014-03 of January 22, 2014 on rent is of “considerable scientific interest”, considers, Papa Assane Touré, Deputy Secretary General of the Government in charge of Legal Affairs ‘’(…) the decision of the Constitutional Council … Read more
Thiès, Feb 8 (APS) – The Minister of Communication, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Moussa Bocar Thiam, underlined, on Wednesday in Thiès, the urgency and the need to clean up the media sector with a rigorous application of the national press card. “The State of Senegal will rigorously ensure the application of the national press … Read more
Diourbel, Feb 8 (APS) – The tribunal de grande instance of Diourbel (center) sentenced nine activists from Pastef (opposition) to six months in prison, suspended, accusing them of having taken part in an unauthorized demonstration. Each of the defendants must pay a fine of 100,000 CFA francs, according to the verdict. Found in flagrante delicto, … Read more
Dakar, Feb 7 (APS) – ”Great disaster”, ”a great tragedy”: The Turkish ambassador in Dakar used very strong words to speak of the earthquake which shook Turkey causing more than 3 500 dead. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, killing at least 6,200 people in the two countries. According to … Read more
Kaffrine, Feb 6 (APS) – The religious city of Diamal, located three kilometers from Birkilane (Kaffrine region), and visited by an APS team on the sidelines of the eleventh edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (FESNAC ), is presented as a religious center of great reputation which has trained great scholars of … Read more
First in terms of economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (forty-seven countries), last year, the Republic of Seychelles will be dethroned, in 2023, by Senegal. This is what emerges from a World Bank report released last Tuesday, January 10, 2023. According to the Bretton Woods institution, the champion of growth in 2022 will drop from 11 … Read more
Sébastien Loeb continues his ascent by taking a fifth consecutive stage victory on Friday, the sixth on the Dakar, and climbs to the second step of the podium. With his co-driver Fabian Lurquin at the wheel of their Prodrive Hunter, they dominated the end of the marathon stage in the Rub Al-Khali desert on the … Read more