In the northern Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, excavators are ripping up the beach to lay giant blocks of basalt, in an eleventh-hour effort to keep the sea at bay. When work is finished, a black sea wall will stretch for kilometres along the coastline of the West African country’s former[Read More…]
Year: 2021
Senegal Records Fewest Daily COVID-19 Cases Since Outbreak Began
Senegal on Monday logged only two new daily COVID-19 infections, the lowest number since the pandemic reached the country and two months after the rate of new cases hovered at record highs, the health ministry said on Monday. “Two cases were recorded today, the lowest ever recorded,” said health ministry[Read More…]
DMU Launches $1.3 Million Project To Aid Economic Growth In The Gambia
A professor at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has announced the launch of a $1.3 million project to help bring better education, job creation, entrepreneurship and, ultimately, sustained economic growth to The Gambia. Momodou Sallah, Professor of Teaching and Learning and the Director of the Centre for Academic Innovation at[Read More…]