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Senegal’s President Says TV And Radio Should Not be Funded By Foreigners
President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, has insisted that all Senegalese citizens who want to set up private TVs or radios “should give evidence that their financial resources are not provided by foreigners.” Wade was reacting to a controversy over the...
Experts, Decision Makers Discuss “Migrations And Globalization” in Senegal
Human movements are at the center of African societies’ dynamics, the minister in charge of Senegalese living overseas, Sada Ndiaye, said at the opening in Dakar of an international conference on “Migrations and Globalisation : Present and Future...
African Women Celebrate 30 Years of CEDAW
Gambia’s vice president, Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, has told local and international delegates at the commemoration of 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women(CEDAW) in Banjul, that the crucial role...
Senegal to Celebrate Eid Al-Adha on 28 November
The Eid al-Adha (Arab word) most known in Africa as Tabaski (Muslim feast of the sacrifice) will be celebrated in Senegal on Saturday 28 November. This event commemorates the submission of Abraham to God. Abraham had accepted to immolate his son Ishmael...
Senegalese Authorities Deport Mauritanian Terror Suspect
Senegalese authorities have deported back to Nouakchott the Mauritanian citizen Taleb Ould Ahmednah. Ould Ahmednah is accused of being a member of the Al Qaeda wing in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI). He was arrested two months ago in Dakar where he was questioned...
Catholic Church in Senegal Launching a Fund Raising Campaign for Flood Victims
The Catholic Church in Senegal will launch a fund raising campaign to mobilize some 236 million CFA francs for the victims of the severe floods in the country, Cardinal Theodore Adrien Sarr announced this week. The operation initiated in collaboration...
Senegalese Private Media Group Premises Ransacked
The premises of one of Dakar’s private media group Walfadjri was vandalized early Friday afternoon by a group of thugs identified by the media group’s officials as followers of a “Mouride” religious leader. The attackers broke into the media group’s...
Senegalese Leader Calls for United Nations Support for “Great Green Wall” Project
Senegal has called for United Nations support for the “Great Green Wall” project in which African countries have agreed to plant trees in a band across the breadth of the continent to try to lessen the effects of desertification. President Abdoulaye...
