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United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)
Source: United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) |

West and Central Africa: United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and United Nations Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) pool their efforts to strengthen peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders and ensure the sustainable management of transhumance

Participants also addressed key issues such as competition for access to natural resources (land, water, pasture), seasonal livestock migrations, and rural land management policies, which shape not only these interactions, but also regional governance

The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and for Central Africa (UNOCA) organized a workshop on strengthening peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders and the proper management of transhumance from 26 to 27 February 2025 in Dakar. More than thirty participants from several countries in these…

Basketball Africa League (BAL)

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Basketball Africa league Announces Collaboration with Wave Senegal and Wave Cote d’Ivoire

Collaboration Will Tip Off with Streetball Basketball Tournament in Dakar Leading up to 2025 BAL Sahara Conference Group Phase from April 26 - May 4

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) (https://BAL.NBA.com/) and Wave, Africa’s fastest-growing mobile money platform, have joined forces to elevate the fan experience and make basketball more accessible in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire.  The collaboration will introduce a series of engaging initiatives designed to bring communities closer to the game in conjunction…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) task force embarks on advocacy mission to the Gambia and Senegal

The mission aimed to identify and mitigate obstacles that hinder intra-community trade between ECOWAS Member States

In fulfillment of his mandate to promote regional trade integration, the Chairman of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) Task Force, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas led a high-level delegation to The Gambia and Senegal from 9 to 15 March 2025. The mission aimed to identify and mitigate obstacles that hinder…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
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Senegal’s Foreign Minister Yassine Fall to visit Finland

Senegal’s Minister for African Integration and Foreign Affairs, Yassine Fall, will visit Helsinki on 20 March and meet Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen

The foreign ministers will discuss bilateral relations between the countries, European and African security and cooperation on multilateral issues. The ministers will also talk about trade and economic relations. Finland opened an embassy in Dakar a few years ago. One of the most important objectives of the new embassy is…

International Trade Centre
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For Senegalese students, digital freelancing opens opportunities

Digital technologies are a major asset in getting younger professionals more work opportunities

With 22 million young people joining the workforce every year, Africa needs to create many more jobs. Digital technologies are a major asset in getting younger professionals more work opportunities. That’s why the NTF V Senegal Tech project organized practical training courses for students at the Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital…

Amnesty International
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Senegal: Authorities must deliver justice to victims of violent repression of protests since 2021

In March 2021, the arrest of then opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as part of a judicial investigation triggered protests in Senegal

The Senegalese authorities must deliver justice, truth and reparation to the thousands of victims of the violent crackdown on protests between 2021 and 2024, said Amnesty International on the first anniversary of a law granting an amnesty to security forces.   The amnesty law, passed on 6 March 2024, covers all…

Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC)

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    • Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit's (ICIEC) supported Highway and Road Program in Senegal Wins Two Islamic Finance News (IFN) Awards 2024
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Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit's (ICIEC) supported Highway and Road Program in Senegal Wins Two Islamic Finance News (IFN) Awards 2024

The awards acknowledge ICIEC’s crucial role as the Guarantor of Islamic Finance Tranche for the landmark EUR 259 million Murabaha facility extended by Société Générale

The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) (www.ICIEC.IsDB.org), a Shariah-compliant multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, is pleased to announce that a Highway Project in Senegal, supported by ICIEC,   has been recognized with two prestigious Islamic Finance News (IFN) Awards…

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

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Senegal prepares to host Africa’s first Olympic event: the Youth Olympic Games 2026

Thirty-five International Federations (IFs) will be involved in these Games, with 25 sports featuring on the competition programme and 10 to be part of the engagement programme

Senegal will welcome the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2026, the first Olympic sporting event to be held on African soil.  Dakar 2026 will take place over two weeks from 31 October 2026, bringing together 2,700 of the best young athletes from around the world.  The YOG will be held…

African Energy Week (AEW)

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    • Local Content Development in Africa’s Energy Sector: African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 to Outline Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices
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Local Content Development in Africa’s Energy Sector: African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 to Outline Challenges, Opportunities and Best Practices

A surge in local content policy development marks a turning point for local companies operating in the African energy sector

As Africa’s energy sector expands, the need for productive local content policies has become critical for local job creation and value retention. Such policies catalyze growth of nationally owned companies while creating revenue-generating opportunities for local service firms by strengthening their contribution to the industry. African Energy Week: Invest in…

African Energy Chamber

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    • African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 to Highlight MSGBC Gas Boom as Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Achieves First Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Production
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African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 to Highlight MSGBC Gas Boom as Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) Achieves First Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Production

The start of LNG production at the large-scale GTA project in Senegal and Mauritania signals a new era of energy security and resource monetization in West Africa

Representing a historic milestone for West African energy, American upstream oil company Kosmos Energy announced this week that the large-scale Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) conventional gas development has achieved first LNG production. Straddling the maritime border offshore Senegal and Mauritania, the GTA project is operated by energy supermajor bp, Kosmos…

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