Senegal

Senegal’s new president, Faye, makes assets public - two houses, two second-hand cars Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Faye, appears to have started on a positive note by making his assets public. This has prompted…

Tinubu heads to Senegal for Faye's inauguration as new president President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Dakar, capital of Senegal to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou…

Senegal opposition presidential candidate wins election, ruling party candidate accepts defeat The 44-year-old Bassirou Faye has won Senegal presidential election. This came after the former Prime Minister of Senegal and candidate of the…

44-year-old Senegal’s opposition candidate set to win presidential election Senegal is about to elect a 44-year-old opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, as president of the French-speaking African country. Faye is…

A new report by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa has disclosed that Nigeria and 10 other Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries are currently in debt distress based on…

A Senegalese native doctor known only as Kahone has predicted that the Super Eagles of Nigeria would not make it to the World Cup in Qatar, later this year. Kahone, the ‘marabout’ who rose to prominence after correctly forecasting…

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the national female basketball team, D’Tigress, who beat Mali, 79-58, Friday night to qualify for the final of FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2019 going on in Dakar, Senegal. The President’s…

The Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) has announced the expansion of its Financial Journalism Training (FJT) programme to Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Ghana and Zambia. This was contained in a statement by the media…

The French oil giant, Total has revealed plans to spend around $1.2 billion on exploration in 2019. A statement by its senior Vice President for exploration, Kevin McLachlan said the budget will be around $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion,…