Senegal President Macky Sall on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a $1.13 billion deep-water port being developed by Dubai’s state-owned port operator DP World at Ndayane, around 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital Dakar. DP World Dakar, a joint venture between the Dubai-based logistics[Read More…]
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Senegal Accuse Watford Of Blocking Sarr’s AFCON Participation
Senegal’s football authorities are accusing English club Watford of refusing to release Ismaila Sarr for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations and will be seeking FIFA’s intervention. The country’s football federation said on Sunday that Watford told it on Friday it would not be releasing the highly rated midfielder for[Read More…]
Anger Over Guinea-Bissau And Senegal ‘Oil And Gas Contract’
The president of Guinea-Bissau has negotiated an oil deal with his counterpart from Senegal — without parliamentary approval. Umaro Sissoco Embalo is now facing a ministerial uprising supported by civil society. The independent Guinea-Bissauan newspaper O Democrata broke the news in November about a secret agreement between Senegal’s president, Macky Sall,[Read More…]