The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $150 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to increase access to electricity services for households, enterprises, and critical public facilities in Senegal. More than 1.5 million people will benefit directly from the Energy Access Scale-Up Project (PADAES) through the connection of[Read More…]
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“Sotuma Sere Sankanu Has No Slavery Problem.” – Says Alkalo Sankanu
Alhagie Abdou Kadiri Sankanu, the sitting Alkalo of Sotuma Sere and patriarch of the ‘Sankanu Kaggoro’ dynasty in the Jimara district of the Upper River Region (URR) of The Gambia said that the recent detention of six (6) young people from his community by the police from Basse was a[Read More…]
Operation Casamance: At Least 6,000 People Flee To The Gambia
An estimated 6,000 people have taken refuge in the Gambia after fleeing the violence in the past week between the army and rebels in Casamance, in the south of neighboring Senegal, the Gambian authorities announced on Saturday 19 March. The Senegalese army announced that it had launched an operation on[Read More…]
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