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Africa’s westernmost country aims to rehabilitate 85,000 hectares across Louga, Matam, and Tambacounda, while strengthening rural community resilience.
Japan remains at the top of the overall medal table for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), while Egypt…
Senegal aims to increase women’s participation in peacekeeping operations and promote their access to command positions within the armed forces,…
Draft Law No. 40/2026, the supplementary finance bill (LFR) for the year 2026, was rejected by the National Assembly in Senegal during its plenary session.
Beginning November 6, news agency APA is launching “Afrique-sur-Seine,” a weekly Friday column authored by Hassan Adrar that examines French current affairs and the impending presidential election by placing Africa, its strategic interests, and its diasporas at the center of the political analysis.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy and Minister of General Administration of Sport, Gao Zhidan, was received in Dakar on Tuesday by Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Alhaminou Mouhamed Lô on the sidelines of the Youth Olympic Games.
The President of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Commission, Abdoulaye Diop, highlighted the strength of the sub-region’s macroeconomic indicators and praised the recent agreement reached between Senegal and the International Monetary Fund.
The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games enter their third day of competition on Tuesday with action scheduled across swimming, judo, beach sprint rowing, rugby sevens, and wushu, following two initial days that saw several delegations claim medals and crown their first champions.
Senegal is grappling with a expanding diphtheria outbreak that has affected 13 of the country’s medical regions, claiming 14 lives and infecting 456 people across 60 health districts since the start of the health crisis.
The Senegalese capital and the city of Marseille are breathing new life into a partnership that dates back nearly 50…


