AA/Dakar/Alioune Ndiaye Senegal benefited on Tuesday from funding of USD 495 million from the World Bank (WB) for four projects, the monetary institution announced. The signing of the agreements was held in Dakar between Nathan Belete, Director of WB Operations in five countries of the sub-region, including Senegal, and Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, Senegalese Minister of … Read more
AA / Dakar In Dakar, the capital of Senegal, the Christian community has mobilized to distribute meals to Muslims for breaking the Ramadan fast. The activity is part of the program organized by the Christian associations “La Main du Coeur” and “National Council of Secularism” operating in Senegal, in line with Lent observed by the … Read more
AA / Dakar / Alioune Ndiaye President Macky Sall called for a general mobilization for the promotion of local food products in order to better contain the price shocks caused by the war in Ukraine. The Senegalese president addressed his fellow citizens during the traditional address to the nation on the eve of the country’s … Read more
AA / Niamey / Kané Illa Niger has repatriated 530 of its nationals who were living in precarious conditions in Senegal, the Niger government announced on Saturday. Mainly made up of women and children who lived on begging, the repatriated people arrived in Niamey on the night of Friday to Saturday on a special flight … Read more
AA/ Dakar / Alioune NdiayeThe 9th World Water Forum, which opened on Monday at the Dakar Arena in Diamniadio, is a forum to raise the alarm on the situation of water resources in the world, said Senegalese President Macky Sall. “This 9th forum gives us the opportunity to sound the alarm on the seriousness of … Read more
AA/Dakar/Alioune Ndiaye The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Dakar Criminal Court on Wednesday requested a five-year prison sentence against Barthélémy Dias in the context of the appeal trial relating to a murder case dating from 2011 and for which the current mayor of Dakar had been convicted. in the first place. Dias had responded by … Read more
AA / Dakar Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey is among the 5 countries with the largest diplomatic network in the world. The Head of Turkish Diplomacy and the Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aissata Tall Sall, spoke at the inauguration of the Chancellery building of the Turkish Embassy in Dakar. Recalling that … Read more
AA / Dakar The President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arrived in Dakar, capital of Senegal, for the second leg of his African tour. The presidential plane “TUR” landed at Léopold Sédar Senghor airport at 7:10 p.m. (Turkish time), where he was welcomed by his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall. Ahmet Kavas, Turkish … Read more