NAWEC said it did not have in stock that amount of chlorine which can constitute public safety risk. The water and electricity company has been accused of stockpiling chlorine in its stores in Sukuta and Kotu, raising public concern over the safety of the people living around these two sites.[Read More…]
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Deaths As Migrant Boat Catches Fire In Senegal
At least 14 migrants and refugees have died when a boat caught fire in south Senegal, a local mayor and a health official told the AFP news agency. “We have been able to recover 14 bodies,” David Diatta, the mayor of the coastal town of Kafountine in Casamance, said after[Read More…]
Senegal Court Hands Down Prison Sentence To Opposition MP Over Protests
A Senegal court Tuesday handed an opposition MP a six-month suspended prison sentence for defying a ban on protests in the tense run-up to legislative elections in July. Another lawmaker and 82 other defendants tried in the same case were released. MPs Dethie Fall and Mame Diarra Fame were tried[Read More…]
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