Browsing: Senegal

The Economic and Social Research Consortium (CRES) is holding from 22 to 23 February in Saly, a national capacity building and advocacy workshop for the effective implementation of the directives on tobacco taxation in West Africa.

The African Development Fund (AfDF) has provided a grant of US$11.48 million to the secretariat of the regional institution to strengthen its governance and provide institutional support.

President Macky Sall has made a vow to preserve the rain forest in the south of Senegal despite the insecurity underlined by recent clashes with separatist rebels in the area, APA learnt from media sources.

The project aims to amplify the voices of women, youth and local and indigenous communities calling for climate justice.

The seven Senegalese soldiers, taken hostage since 24 January by Casamance rebels, were released on Monday 14 February, APA has learnt from media sources.

Many African governments are neglecting the climate emergency while the continent is facing the highest risk of climate and biodiversity crises, Greenpeace warned.

At the end of the meeting, Dakar expects a “strong declaration, less political and more engaging.”

The Senegalese government and teachers’ unions have agreed on a maximum of fifteen days to find a solution to the ongoing school crisis.

South African referee, Victor Gomes has been selected by the Confederation of African Football to officiate the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon on Sunday.

Senegal’s President Macky Sall took advantage of the last weekly Cabinet meeting on Wednesday to bid farewell to his ministers.