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Senegal to Hold Snap Elections on November 17th after President Diomaye Faye dissolves opposition-dominated parliament

Six months after being elected as Senegal's President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye has announced that snap elections will be held on November 17th after he dissolved the country's parliament. According to analysts, Faye, whose party does not currently hold a majority in parliament, stands a high chance of securing one. The move has been denounced by the opposition platform, Benno Bokk Yaakar, led by former President Macky Sall. They accused Faye of perjury. Senegal's youngest leader, Faye, 44, came out on top in the vote in April, just days after being released from prison along with Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. He pledged a series of sweeping reforms to improve living standards in the country, which has one of the highest inflation rates in West Africa.  He also pledged to stamp out corruption and to secure a higher share of Senegal's natural […]

Obaah September 13, 2024

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Senegal Has Officially Become An Oil Producing Country

Senegal has started producing oil for the first time, with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye assuring that profits will be "well managed" for the benefit of the nation.  The Sangomar deep-water project, operated by Australian energy giant Woodside, aims to produce 100,000 barrels of oil per day and generate billions of dollars for Senegal's economy. "This is a historic day for Senegal and a key milestone for Woodside," said Woodside CEO Meg O'Neill. "We have never been so well positioned for opportunities for growth, innovation and success in the economic and social development of our nation," said Thierno Ly, general manager of Petrosen. President Faye, who was elected in April, has promised to renegotiate oil and gas contracts to ensure a fairer share of resources for the nation.  "We're the ones who promised you we'd renegotiate the contracts, and we're going […]

Obaah June 13, 2024

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Senegalese youth denounce unlawful Immigration after Rise in deaths at sea

Young people in Senegal held a national day of mourning on Friday for 140 migrants killed in a shipwreck as they headed to Europe last month, sparking debate about unemployment and migration in the West African country. There has been a significant rise this year in the number of migrants taking rickety boats from West Africa to the Canary Islands, a Spanish territory, in search of better opportunities, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. In September alone, 14 boats carrying 663 migrants left Senegal and about a quarter of them ran into difficulties or was shipwrecked, the IOM said. It has not yet compiled data for October but said departures and deaths continued to rise. “Misinformation from smugglers leaves many people unaware of the realities and risks of irregular migration,” said Bakary Doumbia, the agency’s chief of mission in […]

afrobeatingx November 14, 2020

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Akon Unveils His $6 billion Project, Akon City in Senegal

R&B singer Akon is leading a $6 billion project to turn an oceanfront village in his native Senegal into a stunning metropolis. The warp metallic skyscrapers planned for Akon City with ultramodern and stunning views with claims that the blueprint bears a striking resemblance to Wakanda, the African sci-fi supercity the Black Panther calls home and will even operate with its own cryptocurrency, the “Akoin.” https://twitter.com/Akon/status/1293560583996964865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1293560583996964865%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fafrica%2Fakon-just-unveiled-his-6-billion-futuristic-city-in-senegal-the-reviews-are-mixed%2F2020%2F09%2F01%2F56f3b7a4-ebc7-11ea-bd08-1b10132b458f_story.html The multiplatinum star, who is dubbing his futuristic new luxury development “Akon City,” was in the West African nation’s capital of Dakar on Monday to lay the lofty project’s ceremonial first stone. “I want the buildings to look like real African sculptures that they make in the villages,” Akon, 47, told a masked crowd Monday in the seaside capital, Dakar. Conceptual image of Akon City, the $6 billion futuristic cryptocurrency city Akon City is located […]

afrobeatingx September 2, 2020

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Senegal’s First Female Professional Surfer

 "When I am in the water I feel something extraordinary, something special in my heart," Senegal's first female professional surfer said. Khadjou Sambe, 25 is a proud Lebou – an ethnic group that traditionally lives by the sea. Growing up in the coastal capital of Dakar, Sambe never saw a black woman surfing the Atlantic swells. As a teenager, her parents refused to allow her to surf for two-and-a-half years, saying it brought shame on the family. “My determination was strong enough to make them change their minds,” she says. Sambe started surfing when she was 14 years old. In an interview, she said: “The first time I tried surfing I wasn’t scared at all, I was just so excited to get into the water. “When you catch that first wave, you are so happy that you scream so that everyone […]

afrobeatingx September 1, 2020

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Akon Announces $6 Billion Construction Plan for Akon City

Akon, Senegalese Music executive has come out public to reveal that his Akon City has officially awarded $6 billion contract to KE International to build and execute his futuristic Senegelese metropolis. With Coronavirus pandemic still in existence to disrupt the global construction industry, Akon City is reportedly on track to have the first two phases of development completed by 2029. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdu0y7giJX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link According to reports, the construction contract was awarded to KE, a US-based Consulting and Engineering firm. The firm is currently executing the $2 billion Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC) — a green-city based in Western Kenya, which began in 2014 and is expecting completion in December 2020. Going by projections, Phase 1 of Akon City’s construction is expected to complete by the end of 2023. This phase will see the construction of roads, a Hamptons Hospital campus, a […]

afrobeatingx June 18, 2020

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3 Must Read!

Mariama Bâ, ou les allées d’un destin: Mame Coumba NdiayeI have always said –speaking of Mariama Bâ – that she had written too few books. This weak bibliography does not prevent the work she has left us from being very dense.  Who has not read over and over Une si longue lettre, sighing at the reading of the correspondence between Ramatoulaye and Aissatou, or cursed Modou, the husband embedded in a mid-life crisis? Or mourned the so tragic destiny of Mireille in Un chant écarlate, the mother of the baby neither black nor white, niouloul xéssoul. Mame Coumba Ndiaye, daughter of Mariama Bâ, poses as a critical spectator of her mother's life, describing her as a woman ahead of her time, refusing any compromise and defying all proper etiquette. When her career as a novelist took off, critics were adamant, […]

afrobeatingx September 23, 2019

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