Senegalese police arrested 3 suspected of violating Mali embargo
Senegalese police announced on Saturday that they had arrested and placed in custody two Malians and a Senegalese who were violating the West African states’ […]
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Kerosene shortage at Dakar airport
Dakar airport has been hit by a shortage of kerosene due to “unfavourable international conditions” and its operator is calling on airlines landing there to […]
Niger repatriates a thousand of its “beggars” from Senegal
More than a thousand Nigerian migrants who were begging in the streets of Dakar were repatriated last week to their country, the government announced, as […]
Five years in prison against the mayor of Dakar for “fatal blow
The public prosecutor’s office called Wednesday for five years in prison against the current mayor of Dakar, Barthélémy Dias, on appeal for the death of […]
German President Steinmeier on official visit to Senegal
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, re-elected a week ago for a second term, is making an official trip from Sunday evening until Wednesday in Senegal. The […]
Senegal: Barthélémy Dias officially mayor of Dakar
Barthélémy Dias was officially installed Thursday, February 17, as mayor of Dakar, after winning the January 23 municipal elections by a wide margin with 56% […]
African Cup of Nations 2022: Senegal generously rewards its heroes
The Senegalese president, Macky Sall, rewarded, on Tuesday February 8, the players of the national soccer team, winners for the first time of the African […]
Opening of a free film school in Dakar
The Kourtrajmé collective and one of its stars, Ladj Ly, multi-awarded director of “Les Misérables”, opened in Senegal, a year later, their first free film […]
Senegalese customs officers seize three containers of ammunition from a ship
Senegalese customs announced that they had boarded a Guyana-flagged cargo ship with three containers filled with war ammunition worth an estimated 4.5 million euros, in […]
Senegal: Works of the future deep water port of Ndayane are launched
The construction of the future deepwater port of Ndayane, about 70 kilometers south of Dakar, was launched on Monday 3 January. The first phase of […]