Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Russia’s Vladimir Putin had told him on Friday he was ready to enable the export of Ukrainian grain to ease a global food crisis that is hitting Africa especially hard. “President #Putin has expressed to us his willingness to facilitate the export of Ukrainian cereals,”[Read More…]
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New Vaccine Plant In Senegal Gets 75 Million Euros From EIB
The European Investment Bank (EIB) committed 75 million euros ($80 million) on Thursday to finance construction of a new facility in Senegal that will produce COVID-19 and other vaccines for use across Africa. The plant, run by the Dakar-based Institut Pasteur, is intended to help Africa reduce its dependence on[Read More…]
Senegal Refugees Crowd Gambian Villages After Separatist Fighting
Stray bullets whistled past Senegalese villager Modou Badjie and his family as they ran through a cashew forest in the middle of the night to reach neighbouring Gambia. Badjie, his three wives, many children and extended family members are among more than 690 people who have crossed the border to[Read More…]
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