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Ousmane Sonko calls on Chinese investors: “You will be comfortable in Senegal”
Sene News
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June 22, 2025
During a visit to China, Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko called on Chinese economic operators to increase their investments in Senegal, emphasizing the mutual benefits of such a partnership. “We are waiting for you in Senegal, you will be...
Sports News | Olympic President Kirsty Coventry Starts Work with Strong IOC and Challenges for Los Angeles Games
Latestly
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June 21, 2025
Geneva, Jun 21 (AP) The world Kirsty Coventry walks into as the International Olympic Committee's first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago. Take Los Angeles, host of the next...
Olympic president Kirsty Coventry starts work with strong IOC and challenges for Los Angeles Games
KSAT - Texas
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June 21, 2025
GENEVA – The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago. Take Los Angeles, host of the next...
Gambian Migrants in Mauritania Face Arbitrary Arrests, Deportation
The Voice Gambia
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July 14, 2025
By: Haddy Touray Scores of furious Gambians residing in Mauritania have called for urgent government intervention from Banjul as many of them are facing continuous harassment, arbitrary arrests/detentions and deportations met to them by...
Author advocates creation of United African Republic to tackle insecurity
Punch
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July 15, 2025
A Nigerian author, Edeh Benjamin, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to champion the creation of a United African Republic – a proposed federation of all ECOWAS member states as a radical solution to Nigeria’s worsening security challenges....
US basketball training for Senegal cancelled after visas rej...
Modern Ghana
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A training camp for the Senegalese women's basketball team in the US has been scrapped, with the West African nation's prime minister saying he cancelled it because some of the squad were denied US visas. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said the team...
US rejects visas for Senegal women's basketball team amid sweeping travel bans announced by Donald Trump
Sportskeeda
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June 21, 2025
Multiple reports came out last week that U.S. President Donald Trump is considering expanding a travel ban that originally included only 12 countries. Trump plans to add 36 more countries to the list. Although the Republican leader has not signed...
World Leaders Mourn Buhari
Daily Independent
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July 15, 2025
1 WITH AGENCY REPORT – World leaders on Monday paid tribute to former Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday, praising his legacy of continental unity, diplomacy and Pan-African leadership. President Cyril Ramaphosa of...
African Presidents Who Died in Exile/Abroad with Disputed Burials
Zambian Observer
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June 21, 2025
African Presidents Who Died in Exile/Abroad with Disputed Burials By Brenda Zulu If the former sixth President of Zambia Edgar Changwa Lungu is finally buried in South Africa as the family wishes, he will join a list of African leaders whose...
US Denies Visas to Senegal Women’s Basketball Team
News Central TV
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June 21, 2025
The United States has refused visa applications for several members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team, prompting the cancellation of their planned training camp in the US, Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko announced Thursday. The visa...
United States has denied visa for members of Senegal’s women’s national basketball team
Zambian Observer
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June 21, 2025
The United States has denied visa applications for several members of Senegal’s women’s national basketball team, prompting the country’s Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, to cancel their planned training camp in the US. The team, known as Les...
Director of Public Debt reveals Senegal’s new debt strategy
Sene News
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June 20, 2025
The Director of Public Debt, Alioune Diouf, announced yesterday the launch of a new bond issuance by the State of Senegal. This initiative is part of a strategy aimed at diversifying sources of financing and strengthening the country’s financial...
U.S. rejects visas for Senegal women's national basketball team members, staff
The Athletic
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June 20, 2025
The Senegal women’s national basketball team cancelled a 10-day training camp in the U.S. from June 22 to July 3 after the U.S. rejected visas for five players, six staff members and a ministerial delegation, the Senegalese Basketball Federation...
US Travel Ban: Senegal women's basketball teammates denied visas
GhanaWeb
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June 20, 2025
The United States of America (USA) have refused to grant visas to some members of Senegal's women basketball team who were scheduled to train in the country on June 19, 2025. The team had planned to train in the US ahead of the Afrobasket 2025...
Where is the crowd against mixing sports and politics now?
Marco Eagle - Florida
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The very people who insisted athletes need to stick to sports sure are making it hard to do that these days. Masked federal agents were spotted outside Dodger Stadium on Thursday morning, and the team later said it had denied ICE’s request to use...
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) To Hold Regional Youth Conference In Senegal From The 1St To 3Rd Of July, 2025
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ABUJA, Nigeria, June 20, 2025/APO Group/ -- From the 1st to 3rd of July 2025, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will be holding its Regional Youth Forum in Saly Portudal, Senegal, under the...
Save the Children NGO office closed, reasons for leaving Senegal
Sene News
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June 20, 2025
The international non-governmental organization Save the Children announced on Thursday, June 20, 2025 the closure of its office in Senegal, scheduled for the end of September. In a statement released for this purpose, the NGO explains that this...
Kenya, Senegal top AfDB Electricity Regulatory Index
Independent (Uganda)
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June 20, 2025
Uganda, Liberia and Niger round out the top five performers Nairobi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya and Senegal have claimed the top spots in the African Development Bank’s 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) demonstrating exceptional...
US Rejects Visa Requests For Senegal Women's Basketball Team
News18
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June 20, 2025
Last Updated:June 20, 2025, 17:13 IST Senegal is one of 36 nations that the United States is considering adding to a travel ban that would bar entry to its territory. Senegalese PM says he has asked to cancel the training camp. (Representative...
US refuses visa for members of Senegal women's basketball team: Dakar
Hespress
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June 20, 2025
The United States rejected multiple visas for members of the Senegal women’s basketball team which was scheduled to train in America, according to Dakar officials, as Washington tightens border controls and reportedly mulls a travel ban extension....