The African Development Bank loaned Senegal 121 million euros ($123 million) to implement an emergency agricultural program. The funds will help 850,000 small-scale farmers grow a targeted 38 million tons of additional wheat, corn, rice, soybeans and other crops over the next two years, the Abidjan-based lender said in a[Read More…]
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Senegalese Ruling Party Member Calls For Attacks On Media Company, Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday that the Senegalese authorities should investigate a call by Talla Sylla, a member of the ruling Alliance for the Republic, APR, party’s youth branch, to burn down the privately owned Walfadjri media company and attack its journalists, ensure the safety of the[Read More…]
Senegal Sees Growing Support For African Gas Amid Ukraine War
Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Thursday there is growing international support for developing gas resources in Africa as part of the continent’s energy transition. African leaders have bristled at pledges by Western countries to eliminate or reduce development financing in Africa for gas projects in the name of fighting[Read More…]
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