Senegal’s economy will grow 5% in 2021 thanks in part to solid industrial output, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, revising up a previous forecast of 3.5% growth for this year. The Fund said it had reached a staff-level agreement with the West African nation that could pave the[Read More…]
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Ending Gas Financing For Africa Will Be A Fatal Blow, Says Senegal
Plans by some nations to end the financing of gas exploration will prove a “fatal cost” for several emerging African economies, Senegal President Macky Sall said at the start of the China-Africa Summit in Dakar on Monday. Senegal, like several other African countries, is sitting on billions of cubic metres[Read More…]
Senegal’s Customs Intercept Drug Traffickers
Fake drugs, Indian hemp and morphine, worth a total of nearly 150 million CFA francs, were seized yesterday in two localities of the country. As part of the fight against international drug trafficking, the Senegalese customs officers are striking hard. The commercial brigade of Keur Ayip (Centre) said in a[Read More…]