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AMFS 2025 highlights Senegal’s resilience and U.S. support for West African maritime stability
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
POINTE AUX PIMENTS, Mauritius (June 25, 2025) — Senegalese military officials joined U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa and international partners during the 2025 African Maritime Forces Summit to reinforce their shared commitment to...
The Politics of the Football Terrace
Africa is a country
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I remember February 22, 2019, with vivid clarity—the day the Hirak anti-government movement erupted in Algeria. There was a collective intuition among Algerians that something was brewing. It was a Friday, a day that naturally lends itself to...
Senegal tops the Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa 2024
ESI Africa
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June 23, 2025
Senegal and Kenya have jointly claimed the top spot in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) latest Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) for Africa 2024. Uganda, Namibia and Tanzania round out the top five performers, with Niger (number 10 on the...
Politicians, Academics, Actress: Meet the 15 nominees for ambassadorial roles
GhanaWeb
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June 23, 2025
Exercising his executive powers, President John Dramani Mahama has nominated fifteen individuals to serve as Ambassadors, Consular-Generals, and High Commissioners in his first batch of diplomatic appointments. In a formal letter dated June 10,...
Illegal fishing and its consequences: the human toll of migration in Senegal
Mongabay
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June 30, 2025
In 2024, more than 2,000 people are believed to have died at sea while attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from Senegal and the Gambia. According to the NGO Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), people from Senegalese fishing communities...
Senegalese Women’s Basketball Team Visas Rejected As U.S. Escalates Immigration Restrictions
Black Enterprise
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June 23, 2025
The visa rejections come amid reports that the U.S. is expanding its travel bans. The Senegal Women’s Basketball team will not attend a training camp in the United States, set to start June 22, after some of its players and staff had their visas...
Coalition of Governments Unites Behind Strict Trade Protections For Shark and Ray Species Freefalling Toward Extinction: Including Iconic Whale Sharks and Manta Rays
Newswise
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June 30, 2025
Link to Photos of Shark and Ray Species Newswise — New York, June 30, 2025 – Urgently needed proposals to protect the world’s most threatened shark and ray species that are freefalling toward extinction, including whale sharks, oceanic whitetips,...
President Mahama appoints 15 new ambassadors and high commis...
Modern Ghana
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President John Dramani Mahama has named 15 individuals to head Ghana’s diplomatic missions abroad, following consultations with the Council of State. In a letter signed by Dr Callistus Mahama, Executive Secretary to the President, and addressed to...
President Mahama names 15 new Ambassadors and High Commissioners
GhanaWeb
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June 22, 2025
President John Dramani Mahama has nominated 15 individuals for appointment as Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Consul-Generals designates to represent Ghana in different nations throughout the world. According to a formal letter from the...
Presidential monologue – Part 61
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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June 23, 2025
Dear readers, I am back from my six weeks recess. The Nigerian palaver is daily unravelling that prioritisation becomes almost very difficult. What is trending currently is the Benue killings, a recurrent phenomenon. The president was compelled to...
President Mahama appoints 15 new ambassadors/high commissioners
Ghana News Agency
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June 22, 2025
By Iddi Yire Accra, June 22, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has appointed 15 new ambassadors, high commissioners and consul-general to Ghana’s foreign mission stations across the globe. Dr Callistus Mahama, the Executive Secretary to the...
Sunderland linked with Senegal striker after 14-goal breakout season – report
Sunderland Echo
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June 29, 2025
The Black Cats are reportedly tracking Lorient forward Sambou Soumano following his breakout campaign Sunderland are reportedly eyeing a move for Lorient striker Sambou Soumano, with the Senegalese forward attracting interest from a number of...
Presidents Of Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Others Expected In As Tinubu Hosts 67th ECOWAS Summit
Daily Independent
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June 22, 2025
1 ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu will attend the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja, today. The Economic Summit, which enters its second and final day on Saturday, precedes the 67th...
President Mahama appoints 15 new Ambassadors and High Commissioners
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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June 21, 2025
President John Dramani Mahama has nominated 15 individuals for appointment as Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Consul-Generals designated to represent Ghana in various countries across the globe. This follows consultations with the Council of...
UAE and Pakistan hold political consultations in Abu Dhabi
Gulf Today
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June 28, 2025
The United Arab Emirates and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan convened the second round of political consultations in Abu Dhabi. The session was co-chaired by Reem Ketait, Deputy Assistant Minister for Political Affairs at the UAE Ministry of...
Senegal women’s basketball team members denied U.S. visas
MLive - Michigan
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June 21, 2025
A women’s national basketball team has canceled plans to train in the United States after several members had their visas denied. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko of Senegal said in a post to social media that the team would instead train in Senegal’s...
China-Senegal relations enter new phase with renewed political, economic cooperation
Business Insider Africa
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June 28, 2025
During a high-level meeting in Beijing on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, and commended the significant progress achieved by both nations since the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. "China...
Senegal women’s team members denied US visas, prime minister says
The Guardian
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June 21, 2025
The Senegalese women’s basketball team has scrapped plans to train in the US for the upcoming AfroBasket tournament in the Ivory Coast next month after several players and team officials had their visas denied, Senegal’s prime minister said. Prime...
Sunderland to smash transfer record to sign Senegal star Habib Diarra as Jobe Bellingham’s replacement
The Scottish Sun
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June 28, 2025
SUNDERLAND will smash their transfer record to sign Senegal star Habib Diarra as Jobe Bellingham’s replacement. The Black Cats have agreed a deal with French side Strasbourg worth an initial £27million up front with a further £3.5m in add-ons for...
Senegal and Kenya Top AfDB’s Index
Business Ghana
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Kenya and Senegal have claimed the top spots in the African Development Bank’s 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) (www.AfDB.org), demonstrating exceptional progress in power sector governance and regulatory outcomes. The comprehensive...