Tag: Senegal
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At least 9 dead, 48 missing after migrant boat capsizes in Spain’s Canary Islands
At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early on Saturday near the Spanish island of El Hierro, rescue services said, in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of such crossings to the Canary Islands. The emergency services were able to rescue 27 of 84…
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Carlyle Aviation Moves to Ground Air Sénégal Aircraft Over $10 Million Dispute
In a significant legal development, the American aircraft leasing giant Carlyle Aviation has initiated actions to ground four aircraft operated by Air Sénégal, the national airline of Senegal. This move follows a legal filing in the United States, where Carlyle Aviation is seeking nearly $10 million from the airline, citing unpaid leasing fees. A U.S.…
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Linguistic shift underway in Senegal, where Wolof is overtaking French
A linguistic shift is underway in Senegal. Wolof is spoken by 80% of the population and has progressively overtaken French, the country’s official language, as the dominant language of communication. Private Wolof classes have flourished as the publishing sector races to meet growing demand for books and other content written in local languages for local…
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Senegal enters the space age with the launch of its first satellite
The GAINDESAT-1a satellite was launched on August 16 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the United States. Another 115 small satellites were also carried as part of the Transporter 11 space mission. “This is an “important step and a historic day in the march of our country and the will to make it a…
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“No one will go through Senegal to destabilize Mali or any other brotherly country,” Senegalese Prime Minister states
During his visit to Bamako, Ousmane Sonko recalled that he was “the first to denounce the embargo that was made on Mali by brotherly countries,” and he continues to maintain this position. Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, gathered within the AES, must be respected in their “sovereign choices,” Ousmane Sonko maintained. “So what are we…
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Senegal summons the Ukrainian ambassador after content featuring “apology of terrorism” was broadcast on its soil
A propaganda video from the Ukrainian army, accompanied by comments supporting the terrorist attack in Mali, was published on the embassy’s Facebook page*. This position goes against the neutrality that Senegal advocates in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. “Our country, which rejects terrorism in all its forms, cannot accept on its territory and in any way words…
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Senegalese President is “horrified” by the “heinous” attempt to kill Trump
💬 “The universal democratic values and freedom of choice of the American people must not be silenced,” Bassirou Diomaye Faye wrote on X.
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Planning gaps leave Senegal questioning ‘Akon City’
Herds of cows meander across the one-lane highway that leads down Senegal’s coast to Mbodiene, a farming village where singer Akon plans to build a futuristic city. Designs of shiny, pinkish buildings that bend and curve like waves would look at home in any sci-fi movie. Architect Hussein Bakri has carved out space for a…
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Senegal to cancel Saudi desalination plant deal, government says
The 700 million-euro desalination project, hailed as one of the biggest private investments in the country, was signed by Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power and Senegal’s state water company SONES in the final days of Macky Sall’s presidency. 🚰 The plant near Dakar was to have provided around 400,000 cubic meters of water for the capital…
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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrives in Mali
🇸🇳 🇲🇱 He was welcomed by Mali’s Transitional Leader Colonel Assimi Goita in Bamako. The Senegalese leader is accompanied on his first visit to Mali by the country’s following senior officials: 🔹 Minister for African Integration and Foreign Affairs, Yacine Fall; 🔹 Minister for the Armed Forces, General Birame Diop; 🔹 Minister for Energy, Oil…
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