Tag: Senegal
prison sentence confirmed on appeal for Diack junior
Papa Massata Diack, son of former world athletics boss Lamine Diack, was sentenced Thursday, March 9 on appeal to five years in prison for corruption in the Russian doping scandal…
voices are raised following the Tunisian president’s remarks on immigration
Messages of disapproval fuse in sub-Saharan Africa after the remarks deemed racist by the Tunisian president, Kaïs Saïed, towards migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. In Senegal, deputies, opposition leaders and unions…
Literature: the art of being a pirate, with Seynabou Sonko
Djinns is the first novel by Franco-Senegalese Seynabou Sonko. Singer, interpreter, this primo-novelist not quite thirty years old entered literature through music and song. There is a lot of poetry…
Sadio Mané, a timely return for Bayern and Senegal
Injured at the beginning of last November, Sadio Mané should return to the field this Sunday, February 26 with Bayern Munich. A timely return for his club, not sovereign in…
the “Plastic Odyssey”, a plastic recycling awareness ship, is in Dakar
Plastic Odyssey, the ship that travels the world for three years to raise awareness about plastic pollution, is in Dakar. On board, a team of environmental enthusiasts and an on-board…
Senegal would like to buy more military equipment from France
French Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu has completed his African tour. After Abidjan on Monday, he was in Dakar on Tuesday for February 21 to meet his Senegalese…
in Senegalese waters, a Russian factory ship is causing trouble
The NGO Greenpeace Africa invites the Senegalese authorities to shed light on the suspicious presence of a Russian factory ship, which has been operating off the country since February 8,…
the defamation trial of opponent Ousmane Sonko postponed to March 16
In Senegal, Ousmane Sonko was once again facing justice on February 16, 2023. A trial finally postponed to March 16. The opponent and candidate for the next presidential election is…
Kène Ndoye, former Senegalese jumping specialist, is dead
Former Senegalese athlete Kène Ndoye, a specialist in the triple jump and long jump, died at the age of 44 on the night of February 13 to 14, 2023. For…
Senghor or the culture of independence
Affirming the role of Africa in writing its history, defending the idea of an appointment of giving and receiving, engaging in dialogue with the rest of the world to give…