Senegal

SENEGAL’S government has revealed a 25-year development plan aimed at securing economic sovereignty, enhancing competitiveness, and promoting sustainable resource management. The long-term strategy, launched on Monday, follows President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s landslide election victory earlier this year, which was driven by his pledge to improve livelihoods across the West African nation. ‘We aim to build a diversified … Read more

SENEGAL government has revealed a 25-year development plan aimed at securing economic sovereignty, enhancing competitiveness, and promoting sustainable resource management. The long-term strategy, launched on Monday, follows President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s landslide election victory earlier this year, which was driven by his pledge to improve livelihoods across the West African nation. ‘We aim to build … Read more

  ON Thursday, Senegal’s Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, announced the launch of investigations into what he described as ‘widespread corruption’ during the previous administration, accusing former President Macky Sall’s government of financial mismanagement and manipulation of public funds. Speaking to journalists, Sonko criticised the former administration’s handling of national finances, particularly its policy of accumulating … Read more

  SENEGAL has decreed a nearly three-year suspension of all mining activities along its side of the southeastern Faleme River, a move aimed at protecting the environment and supporting local communities affected by the rapid expansion of artisanal gold mining. The decree, issued on Tuesday, halts mining operations within 500 metres (about 547 yards) from … Read more

SENEGAL has established a commission of legal, tax, and energy experts to review and potentially renegotiate the country’s oil and gas contracts to better serve national interests. This initiative was announced by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on national television on Monday. The decision follows a directive from President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who won the presidency … Read more

SENEGAL has achieved a significant milestone in its technological development with the successful launch of its first satellite, GAINDESAT-1A, into orbit. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced the launch, highlighting it as a crucial step towards the West African nation’s goal of achieving ‘technological sovereignty.’ The GAINDESAT-1A satellite was launched at 18:56 GMT on Friday from … Read more

SENEGAL experienced a total media blackout on Tuesday as newspapers ceased publication and television and radio broadcasts went silent. The action was a coordinated protest by media organisations against escalating threats to press freedom, particularly those posed by newly appointed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. The Senegalese Council of Press Distributors and Publishers (CDEPS) issued a … Read more

  A SINGLE arched concrete block is the only sign of progress in Senegal where R&B singer Akon laid the foundation stone for his $6bn metropolis four years ago. The West African nation allocated 136 acres on its Atlantic Coast in 2020 for Akon City—a real-life Wakanda inspired by Marvel’s Black Panther films. Promising condominiums, … Read more

SENEGAL’S recently elected president, Bassirou Dioumaye Faye, has vowed to renegotiate mining, gas, and oil contracts signed with foreign companies to ensure environmental compliance and local benefits. At a high-level summit in Paris last week, his mining minister detailed how the new administration plans to break from old practices and alliances. During this year’s Mining on … Read more

IN a tragic case of mistaken revenge, a house fire in Denver, Colorado in the US, claimed the lives of Hassan Diol, her infant daughter Hawa, and three other family members in 2020. The fire, set in the middle of the night by a group of teenagers, also killed Diol’s brother Djibril Diol, his wife … Read more