Nancy Mbaye, entrepreneur in Belgium and benefactor in Africa

Published on : 16/10/2022 – 07:06 In Brussels, the owner of the Senegalese restaurant La Signare cultivates a social bond with its customers, as well as with its country and Africa. Her association provides sanitary protection to prisoners in Senegal and supports an orphanage in Bissau. A row of red banquettes, a large terrace in … Read more

20 years after the sinking of the Joola, the victims still have many expectations

Published on : 26/09/2022 – 07:00 On September 26, 2002, the Joola, a ferry that shuttled between Dakar and Ziguinchor, sank off the Gambian coast. Balance sheet: 1,863 dead officially, more than 2,000 according to the associations of victims. From our special correspondent in Ziguinchor, The commemorations should begin this Monday at 10:30 a.m. UT … Read more

“Vladimir Putin’s regime is playing down the card of the private militia”

Published on : 15/09/2022 – 18:47 A video that has gone viral shows Evgueni Prigojine, the leader of the Wagner Group, recruiting in a Russian prison, offering inmates aged between 22 and 50 years freedom if they fight in Ukraine. Maintenance. The spread of the video showing Yevgeny Prigogine recruiting prisoners would aim to show … Read more

Artificial sugars may increase risk of heart disease, study finds

Published on : 08/09/2022 – 19:00 A French study published Thursday, September 8 in the British Medical Journal suggests that the consumption of artificial sweeteners could promote cardiovascular disease. The article, produced by a cohort of researchers from several institutes, affirms, however, that these artificial sugars should not be abandoned in favor of conventional sugars. … Read more

El Salvador’s economy loses millions but continues to bet on bitcoin

Published on : 06/09/2022 – 18:42 A year after its introduction as legal tender in El Salvador, alongside the dollar, bitcoin is playing on the nerves of Salvadorans. The government had spent several million dollars to buy cryptocurrency, but with the vertiginous fall of bitcoin afterwards, it lost half of it. The consequences could become … Read more

political tensions as the legislative elections approach

In Senegal, a new call to demonstrate this Wednesday, June 29 was launched by the main opposition coalition, Yewwi Askan Wi. Mobilizations banned by the administrative authorities, in Dakar, and in several cities of the country, in particular for “threats of disturbances to public order”. The political climate is tense ahead of the legislative elections … Read more