Senegal President Macky Sall on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a $1.13 billion deep-water port being developed by Dubai’s state-owned port operator DP World at Ndayane, around 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital Dakar. DP World Dakar, a joint venture between the Dubai-based logistics[Read More…]
Economy
Anger Over Guinea-Bissau And Senegal ‘Oil And Gas Contract’
The president of Guinea-Bissau has negotiated an oil deal with his counterpart from Senegal — without parliamentary approval. Umaro Sissoco Embalo is now facing a ministerial uprising supported by civil society. The independent Guinea-Bissauan newspaper O Democrata broke the news in November about a secret agreement between Senegal’s president, Macky Sall,[Read More…]
Air Senegal Adds Its First Airbus A220
Air Senegal has taken delivery of its first Airbus A220-300 jet. The new aircraft, registered as 6V-AOA, arrived in Dakar on Thursday evening after completing the delivery flight from Montreal (IATA-Code: YMX) via Paris (LBG). During the Dubai Airshow in 2019, Air Senegal and Airbus announced the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)[Read More…]

