Tag: Senegal
resumption of the maritime link between Dakar and Ziguinchor, a relief for Casamance
In Senegal, after ten months of shutdown, the maritime link between Dakar and Ziguinchor, in Casamance, in the south of the country, resumed on Tuesday April 9 evening. The rotations…
a first council of ministers to “give the main guidelines”
The new government held its first council of ministers this Tuesday, April 9, a week after the inauguration of the new President of the Republic Bassirou Diomaye Faye and the…
Two generals, four women… The “rupture” government provokes reactions in Senegal
In Senegal, the new government led by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko was named Friday evening April 5, three days after the inauguration of new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. A tight…
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye reveals the main directions of his policy
Twenty-four hours after his inauguration, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 5th and youngest president of Senegal, delivered his first speech to the nation, on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of independence…
He becomes Prime Minister of Senegal
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screenBassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko during the final sprint of the election campaign in March. Archive image. Photo: Mosa’Ab Elshamy/AP/TT Senegal’s new president Bassirou Diomaye…
D-day for Bassirou Diomaye Faye, at the dawn of great challenges for the country
In Senegal, while the youngest president in the history of the country and the African continent, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, is to be inaugurated today, the expectations of the Senegalese…
the maritime link between Dakar and Casamance should be imminent
In Senegal, the maritime link between Dakar and Casamance should resume by the Eid holiday after more than nine months of shutdown, according to officials. The rotations were stopped following…
Rakajoo, between brushes and uppercuts
Baye-Dam Cissé, better known under the pseudonym Rakajoo, alternates between punches and brushstrokes. While he has just closed his first personal exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, this self-taught half-boxer,…
what future for the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition?
After the victory of Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the first round of the presidential election, it was a cold shower in the ranks of the outgoing president’s coalition. Will Benno…
From Senegal to Belgium, news tour from French-speaking media
In The Accent of Others, five journalists from Swiss Radio Television (RTS), Radio Canada, France Bleu, RFI and RTBF present most of the news from public French-speaking media. – He…