(JollofNews) – Senegal’s heavily forested southern region of Casamance will have no tree cover left by 2018 if illegal logging driven by Chinese demand is not addressed, a Senegalese ecologist warned Thursday. Gambian loggers have long benefited from lax oversight of the area’s forests to take prized rosewood timber over[Read More…]
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U.S. And Senegal Sign Defense Cooperation Deal
(JollofNews)—The United States and Senegal signed a cooperation agreement on Monday to ease the deployment of American troops to the West African nation to counter humanitarian crises, natural disasters or terrorist attacks. “Terrorism knows no border and it’s very important for everyone to cooperate,” James Zumwalt, U.S. ambassador to Senegal,[Read More…]
Detained Senegalese Government Workers Released
(JollofNews) – Four Senegalese government workers arrested by Gambian police have been released, according to reports. The four were on a mission to produce a report for the Senegalese environment ministry on the management of natural resources in Senegal, the ministry said. Police in the Gambia arrested the team on[Read More…]
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