Senegal’s new 50,000-seat stadium was opened on Tuesday with a legends football match following a ceremony attended by African and European heads of state and global sporting dignitaries. The Abdoulaye Wade Stadium will host Senegal’s international matches, with its first competitive game set to be the second leg of the[Read More…]
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Ecstatic Crowds Greet AFCON Winners Senegal In Dakar
Senegal’s football team arrived home a day after winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to hundreds of thousands of ecstatic and chanting fans in the capital Dakar. Huge crowds descended on a military airport in the West African country’s capital on Monday, blowing vuvuzelas and waving flags in celebration.[Read More…]
AU Chair Macky Sall Lists Ambitions For Africa
During a visit to Egypt late last week, President Macky Sall of Senegal, who takes over the chairmanship of the African Union this February, detailed his ambitions for Africa in an interview with the most influential daily newspaper in the North African country and the Arab world. President Sall said[Read More…]
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