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State and private actors in the energy sector from Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry and Senegal met on September 1 in Diamniadio in Senegal to discuss on “the future of natural gas”. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, gas has become a rare commodity and African countries …

The electoral commission in Senegal says the governing coalition has lost its majority after Sunday’s parliamentary elections. It won 82 seats of the National Assembly’s 165 – two more than the main opposition alliance. The three remaining seats went to smaller groups, who now hold the balance of power. Correspondents …

A supposed phone seller was arrested by the police in Grand-Yoff (commune of Dakar) following the complaint of his girlfriend’s mother, reports seneweb.com. The respondent sent his 16-year-old girlfriend to prostitute herself with a 53-year-old French national at the price of 50,000F CFA, the sexual intercourse. The young man was …

Eleven newborn babies died in the fire at the hospital where they were in the town of Tivaouane, in western Senegal, the country’s president announced on Wednesday. President Macky Sall said he had “learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred …

Senegalese President Macky Sall announced the regulation of social networks in the country, calling them “a real cancer of modern societies”. “No organised society can accept what is happening here today. We are going to put an end to it, one way or another,” local media quoted him as saying. …

More than 6,000 people have fled their homes in Gambia and Senegal following clashes between Senegalese soldiers and separatists near the Gambian border earlier this month, Gambia’s government said Tuesday. The Senegalese military launched an operation on March 13 against rebels fighting for independence in Casamance region, which borders Gambia. …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Senegal said a Facebook post by Ukraine’s embassy that called on Senegalese volunteers to enlist in the fight against Russia was illegal. In a statement, the ministry said recruitment of volunteers, mercenaries and other foreign fighters was illegal in the country and punishable by …

Authorities in Senegal have rewarded each member of the national football team with cash prizes lands following their win at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021). President Macky Sall said each team member will receive more than $87,000 and plots in the capital, Dakar, and nearby Diamniadio. He also …

The Senegalese army says two of its soldiers have been killed and nine are missing after clashes in The Gambia, a country almost totally surrounded by Senegal. The troops were part of the West African peacekeeping mission that has been deployed in The Gambia for the past five years. Senegal’s …

The Senegalese Minister of Health announced that the government has authorized the third dose of COVID-19 vaccines for adults and that children are now eligible for vaccination. The third dose will initially be aimed at people identified as vulnerable to severe illness, the health ministry said in a Twitter. Les …