Senegal’s paramilitary police have arrested 143 migrants in two seaside swoops as they prepared to embark in the hope of clandestinely reaching Europe, a gendarmerie statement said. The migrants were caught overnight Saturday in the fishing communities of Fimela and Nianing in western Senegal, where they numbered 68 and 75[Read More…]
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Sierra Leone Imposes Nationwide Curfew Amid Deadly Anti-Gov’t Protests
By Cooper Inveen Sierra Leone’s leadership announced a nationwide curfew on Wednesday in response to violent anti-government protests that it said had caused an unspecified number of deaths, including among the security forces. The West African country, which has been struggling with rising inflation and a fuel crisis, imposed the[Read More…]
Flooding Kills At Least One In Senegal’s Capital
At least one person was killed and one severely wounded after torrential rain caused intense flooding in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, on Friday, a police officer said. Unusually heavy downpours hit the city for the second time in less than a month, sending brown, knee-deep water gushing down streets and grid-locking[Read More…]
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