Dakar, Feb 15 (APS) – At least 39,106 deaths have been counted more than a week after the earthquake that shook southern Turkey and northern Syria, according to official counts relayed by several media . In the southern localities of Turkey hit by the earthquake, 35,118 people have so far lost their lives. Some 3,688 … Read more
Saint-Louis, Feb 14 (APS) – Traffic will be closed to pedestrians on the Moustapha Malick Gaye bridge in Saint-Louis (north) from February 14 at midnight to February 16 at midnight, due to rehabilitation works, a announced the prefect of the department. In a statement sent to the APS, the administrative authority explains this decision by … Read more
Kolda, Feb 13 (APS) – Adja Fatou Ndiaye, manager of a local product processing unit in Kolda, pleaded on Monday, in an interview with APS, for mechanization in the processing of local products which is attracting more and more more actors, especially women. Mrs. Ndiaye said that this would help to ”improve the working conditions … Read more
Dakar, Feb 13 (APS) – A detachment of Senegalese firefighters left Dakar on Monday morning bound for Turkey, recently hit by a violent earthquake whose provisional death toll stands at 31,643, APS learned from of the Senegalese presidency. The Turkish Ambassador to Senegal, who attended the departure of the firefighters, magnified “this example of solidarity”. … Read more
Dakar, Feb 12 (APS) – The President of the Republic will travel to Dubai this Sunday to participate in a world summit of governments, we learned from the Senegalese presidency. At the invitation of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Macky Sall will participate in this meeting scheduled … Read more
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