The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $150 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to increase access to electricity services for households, enterprises, and critical public facilities in Senegal. More than 1.5 million people will benefit directly from the Energy Access Scale-Up Project (PADAES) through the connection of[Read More…]
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Operation Casamance: At Least 6,000 People Flee To The Gambia
An estimated 6,000 people have taken refuge in the Gambia after fleeing the violence in the past week between the army and rebels in Casamance, in the south of neighboring Senegal, the Gambian authorities announced on Saturday 19 March. The Senegalese army announced that it had launched an operation on[Read More…]
Senegal Expects World Bank President On Monday
The two-day visit to Dakar of David Malpass is placed under the seal of strengthening collaboration between the Bretton Woods institution and the Senegalese government. This is the first official trip for the President of the World Bank Group to Senegal and to West and Central Africa. In a statement[Read More…]
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