Senegal

Left-wing pan-Africanist, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister. Faye,…
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The 44-year-old opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been sworn in as the fifth Senegalese president. Faye took over from immediate past president Macky Sall on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in an event witnessed by African…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Faye. This was announced in a statement by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after official visits to Dakar, Senegal, as well as five States of the federation where he inaugurated several developmental projects in the affected states. The states visited are Bauchi,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Dakar, the capital of Senegal, ahead of the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture. Mr Sunday Aghaeze, the Personal Assistant to the President (Photography) confirmed this via…
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A court in Senegal has sentenced two lawmakers to six months in jail for assaulting their pregnant colleague during a parliamentary session. During a budget presentation on December 1, Massata Samb, an opposition member of parliament,…
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“I wish to, therefore, call for concerted global efforts to mitigate and sustain food systems. ”These efforts must involve key stakeholders, including Governments, Farmers, Investors, Multilateral Organizations, Regional Bodies,…
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“President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Wednesday, July 6, to participate in the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa Summit in Dakar, Senegal,’’ the statement said. “An institution of the World Bank Group, IDA is…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulated Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano, on the conferment on him, the highest honour of the Republic of Senegal, the “National Order of Lion.” The honour was conferred on the emir…
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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, on Friday departed for a week-long visit to Senegal on the invitation of the Senegalese President, Mr  Macky Sall. Solacebase reports that there is a lot of excitement in Senegal because the…
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