Campaigning for Gambia’s December 4th presidential election has been taking place in a largely carnival atmosphere but beyond this feel-good facade lurks a perceptible cocktail of tension and fear over its possible aftermath. The knives are out, the campaign rhetoric from all sides has hardened, and the plot and sub-plot[Read More…]
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Senegal’s Customs Intercept Drug Traffickers
Fake drugs, Indian hemp and morphine, worth a total of nearly 150 million CFA francs, were seized yesterday in two localities of the country. As part of the fight against international drug trafficking, the Senegalese customs officers are striking hard. The commercial brigade of Keur Ayip (Centre) said in a[Read More…]
Guinea Bissau Military Foil Coup
The military in Guinea-Bissau has claimed foiling a coup by soldiers from within its ranks, APA learnt on Friday. In a statement Guinea-Bissau’s military chief General Biague Na Ntan said those involved in the attempted coup to overthrow civilian president Umaru Sissoco Embalo have been identified, arrested and detained. President[Read More…]
Senegal To Fully Digitise Customs Clearance
Customs procedures will soon be conducted entirely online in Senegal. This will provide a breath of fresh air for Senegalese importers and exporters. Customs clearance will be fully digitised thanks to version 2 of the ORBUS single window, which is part of the customs administration modernisation project. The announcement was[Read More…]
Senegal’s Gendarmes Receive Border Security Training
The border patrol units of the national gendarmerie have completed, last Friday, a five-month training provided by the United States. A total of 99 Senegalese gendarmes from the Surveillance and Intervention Squadrons (ESI) were trained at the Regional Tactical Training Centre at Camp Mbaye Diagne as part of the US[Read More…]
Covid Fourth Wave In Seven African Countries
The fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic has been identified in seven African countries, the Africa Centers for Disease Control Prevention (Africa CDC) said. Currently, Algeria, Benin, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Somalia and Tunisia are battling with the fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the African CDC said in a statement on Friday.[Read More…]
Guinea Junta Come Under ECOWAS Sanctions
Heads of State and Government of the West African regional bloc Ecowas have announced sanctions on the junta in post-coup Guinea which includes travel bans on its leaders, APA can report from Accra on Friday. A communique issued after an extraordinary Summit in the Ghanaian capital on Thursday evening by[Read More…]
Poverty “Gaining Ground In Senegal”
Between 2011 and 2018, the National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) has identified more than 200,000 new poor. Living conditions are more precarious for some households in Senegal. The results of a harmonised survey by the ANSD, published on Monday, showed that “the number of poor people has increased”[Read More…]
Senegal’s Ex-army Chief Appointed As UN Military Adviser
A former Chief of General Staff of the Senegalese army will be taking over from his Uruguayan counterpart Humberto Loitey as UN military advisor. It’s the beginning of a new chapter for General Birame Diop. After a successful career at the national and regional level, he will now put his[Read More…]
Gambia Seeks Nigerian Backing For ECOWAS Presidency
The Special Envoy of President Adama Barrow of The Gambia, Mr. Mamadou Tangara has solicited Nigeria’s support for his country’s quest to produce the next President of the ECOWAS Commission. The Special Envoy and Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Mamadou Tangara, who was received by[Read More…]
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