Senegal

In rural Senegal, seeds of hope

Nganda - Muslimchronicle

In Nganda, a rural community in remote Senegal close to the Gambian border, restaurant owner Aissatou Tisse is carving out a reputation for tasty homemade, locally grown food About 100 kilometres (60 miles) away in the village of Niakhar, handicapped Daba Dione feeds her family by raising chickens on a modest smallholding. Thanks to a training course in veterinary health, she isRead more

Mohamed Salah wins African Player of the Year

Accra - Muslimchronicle

Mohamed Salah won African Player of the Year on Thursday, a reward for success on all fronts in 2017 for the Egypt forward after he inspired his country to a long-awaited World Cup place and had a phenomenal start to his career at Liverpool. Salah won ahead of Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Borussia Dortmund and Gabon strikerRead more

Senegal economy hoping for takeoff

Diass - Muslimchronicle

Senegal opens a flagship new airport on Thursday seven years later than originally planned but with ambitions to become a west African regional hub with a capacity for three million passengers. President Macky Sall will cut the ribbon at Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) at midday (1200 GMT) in the town of Diass, 47 kilometres (29 miles) from the capitalRead more

Twenty-five dead in Senegal road accident

Saint Louis - Muslimchronicle

Twenty-five people were killed on Monday when a packed minibus and a bus collided in northern Senegal, the emergency services said. The minibus had been heading to the central city of Tourba, taking people to an annual pilgrimage of the Mourides, a Sufi Muslim brotherhood. source: AFPRead more

Senegal's slave shipwreck detective

Dakar - Muslimchronicle

Staring out to sea on a flawlessly sunny day, underwater archaeologist Ibrahima Thiaw visualises three shipwrecks once packed with slaves that now lie somewhere beneath Senegal's Atlantic waves. He wants more than anything to find them. Thiaw has spent years scouring the seabed off the island of Goree, once a west African slaving post, never losing hope of locating theRead more

Rapper Akon to buy 50% of African music download service

Banjul - AFP

Senegalese-American rapper Akon announced Saturday he would purchase 50 percent of African music download service Musik Bi, as the platform struggles to gain a foothold after its launch 18 months ago. Africa's first home-grown platform for legal music downloads, Musik Bi launched in Senegal in February 2016 with a mission to promote African artists, pay them properly, and fight internetRead more

West Africa's fight to keep bad medicine off shelves

Dakar - Muslimchronicle

As West Africa declares war on the market for expired and counterfeit medicines, start-ups are putting quality control in the hands of patients to stop them risking their lives trying to get well. Not only can such drugs fail to treat the diseases they are bought to combat, experts say, but they may encourage resistance to antibiotics and even causeRead more

Netanyahu woos West African leaders at Liberia summit

Monrovia - Muslimchronicle

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday joined West African leaders at a summit in Liberia, where they hailed peacekeeping efforts in the region but warned about threats to stability. Netanyahu, who had visited east Africa in July 2016, vowed that they had "no better partner" than his country after he was received by Liberian President and outgoing head ofRead more

President of Senegal Meets Attorney General

Dakar - Arab Today

President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, met here on Saturday with Attorney General, HE Dr. Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, in his capacity as the UN Special Advocate. Talks during the meeting dealt with activities of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center (ROLACC), ROLACC's future directions within the framework of the implementation of the United Nations ConventionRead more

Religious TV station in Senegal accidentally airs porn

Dakar - Arab Today

An Islamic television station in Senegal says it has filed a formal complaint against unknown saboteur “X’’ for taking over the network and airing pornography instead of its regularly scheduled religious programming. Viewers tuning into Touba TV on Monday afternoon got a shock when hardcore pornography was aired from 1:10 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Touba TV on Wednesday called theRead more