Maguette Mbaye had always taken taxis to her banking job in Senegal’s capital Dakar, but haggling over prices and inhaling fumes through the open windows every day wore her down. She left all that behind when French ride-hailing app Heetch launched in January. The ride costs a little more, but[Read More…]
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Gambia Gov’t Clarifies On Effects Of Senegalese Military Operation In Cassamance
It has come to the awareness of The Gambia Government that Senegal launched a ‘Military Operation’ against MFDC separatists in its southern region of Cassamance on Sunday 13th March, 2022. Given its proximity to The Gambia, several communities and villages particularly in Foni Bondali, Foni Kansala and Foni Bintang Karanai[Read More…]
Senegalese Official Fired For Dissing Religious Leaders
The General Delegate for Rapid Women and Youth Entrepreneurship (Der/FJ) is suffering from the consequences of a verbal faux pas. The decision to dismiss him came as a bombshell, in an attempt to smother the controversy. In a press release issued Wednesday evening, Oumar Gueye, Government Spokesman and Minister of[Read More…]