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Arts & Culture - Visual Art
12/4/2024 7:43:49 PM
For the artistic and cultural elites of Senegal, the monthlong Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Arts is a celebratory moment.

Arts & Culture - Music
8/31/2024 1:33:15 PM
In a classroom at the House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar, Senegal, Aminata Thiam claps her hands in time with a beat she created on her computer.

World - Africa
7/26/2024 6:49:11 PM
Senegal intercepted 200 "irregular migrants", the army said Friday, just days after 90 people drowned off the coast of Mauritania while attempting the same crossing.

World - Africa
2/24/2024 6:10:54 PM
Several hundred people demonstrated in Dakar on Saturday calling on the president to set a date to elect his successor before his term ends on April 2.

World - Africa
2/4/2024 10:21:34 PM
Protesters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday, a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election.

Al-Ahram Weekly - Egypt
2/3/2023 1:19:00 PM
Africa must be at the centre of plans to deal with global food insecurity, participants at the Dakar 2 Summit in Senegal said this week.

Egypt - Foreign Affairs
2/2/2023 11:14:00 PM
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly is attending the 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Africa's Infrastructure Development (DFS-2) on Thursday on behalf of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

Business - Economy
1/27/2023 7:13:17 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is working with Egypt to alleviate the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the country’s food security and agriculture, including by funding water projects, said the President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina.

Business - Economy
1/27/2023 2:05:11 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in partnership with the government of Canada launched a new initiative aiming to support Africa’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture sector.

Business - Economy
1/26/2023 6:43:55 PM
On its second day, the Dakar 2 Summit called for increasing and accelerating private sector investments in agribusiness as a promising area that contributes to Africa’s sustainable development and prosperity.

Business - Economy
1/26/2023 1:46:03 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group announced it is committing $10 billion over the next five years to reinforce Africa’s efforts to end hunger and become a primary food provider for itself and the rest of the world.

Business - Economy
1/25/2023 10:10:18 PM
Under the Chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Senegal the Chairperson of the African Union Macky Sall, the Government of the Republic of Senegal and the African Development Bank (AfDB), the three-day Dakar Summit 2 kicked off on Wednesday under the theme: “Feed Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience”.

Arts & Culture - Music
1/17/2023 3:58:22 PM
Egyptian rapper and producer Marwan Moussa has been voted Best African Rapper and Best Artist in African Hip-Hop at the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) 2022 edition that concluded Sunday in Senegal’s capital Dakar.

Sports - Omni sports
1/5/2023 4:44:40 PM
Defending car champion Nasser Al-Attiyah extended his overall lead in the Dakar Rally by winning Thursday's fifth stage in his Toyota.

COP27 - Focus
9/20/2022 11:24:29 PM
Maximum African participation at the UN COP27 Climate Change Conference was encouraged during the 18th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment in Dakar.

World - Africa
6/2/2022 10:28:55 AM
The head of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall, will speak with President Vladimir Putin in the southwestern Russian city of Sochi on Friday, Dakar said.

Sports - National Teams
3/31/2022 3:41:00 PM
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced on Wednesday it lodged an official complaint with the FIFA for a replay of the World Cup qualifying game against Senegal in Dakar on Tuesday, charging that a “terrorising atmosphere”, including illegal lasers that blurred the vision of players during the penalty shootout, cost the Pharoahs a trip to Qatar.

Sports - National Teams
3/29/2022 6:27:00 PM
Check Senegal's starting lineups against Egypt in the World Cup qualifiers playoff in Stade Olympique de Diamniadio Stadium (Dakar) on Tuesday

Sports - Africa
3/28/2022 9:34:38 PM
African Football is set for 5 explosive fixtures on Tuesday in Dakar, Rabat, Tunis, Algiers and Abuja following mouth-watering results in the first leg of the World Cup qualifiers playoffs.

Sports - National Teams
3/28/2022 3:31:22 PM
Pharaoh’s skipper Mohamed Salah was greeted with a barrage of boos and expletives by a small group of Senegalese fans upon the Egyptian national team’s arrival to Blaise Diagne Airport earlier on Monday.

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