Politics
Senegal breaks with Iran over arms smuggle
afrol News, 23 February - Senegal today has broken all ties with Iran, following the January seizure of an arms shipments destined to its Casamance rebels. The move could spell a large setback for Iran all over Africa.
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Science - Education
Slow progress for literacy in Senegal
afrol News, 14 January - Still, more than half of Senegalese adults are illiterate, new data show. Despite massive investments in literacy programmes since 1990, progress is only slow. Limited funding and quick population growth makes the task difficult.
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Politics | Economy - Development
Senegal advised to move slow on infrastructure
afrol News, 30 September - Faced with a continuing energy crisis and deteriorating infrastructure, Senegal's government is eager to make great investments to address the problems. Slow economic growth however made analysts urge authorities to have patience.
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Economy - Development
Senegal slowly moving out of recession
afrol News, 25 May - Senegal, which has been hit hard by internal bottlenecks and the global crisis, may see a slow recovery of its economy already this year. But growth is still uncertain.
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Economy - Development
Senegal advised against "extravagant" nuclear energy
afrol News, 17 May - Specialists in renewable energies claim to document that Senegal's plans to develop nuclear power plants are an "extravagancy" for the poor country, where conditions would be perfect for a quicker and cheaper production of solar energy.
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Society | Human rights
Child abuse also among Senegal's Muslim clergy
afrol News, 16 April - Not only the Catholic and other closed Christian communities struggle with child abuse. A new report documents boys in many Quranic schools in Senegal "suffer severe abuse" comparable with slavery.
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Economy - Development | Society
Senegal no longer immigration destination
afrol News, 23 March - Senegal historically has been a major destination for migrants from all over West Africa. Not any more, new statistics show. Senegal now only is a transit country for migrants and suffers itself from emigration of skilled workers.
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Economy - Development | Technology
Senegal considers nuclear power
afrol News, 12 March - The government of Senegal is considering building a nuclear electricity plant with French assistance to improve its erratic power supply. Currently, only South Africa has nuclear power plants on the continent.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
West Africa enters intl organic food market
afrol News, 9 March - Consumers in Europe and America are willing to pay extra for trusted quality organic food products. Now, a new project helps thousands of farmers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone to enter this lucrative market.
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Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Technology | Science - Education | Economy - Development | Society
Experts on black-eyed peas to meet in Dakar
afrol News, 26 January - Experts from around the world are expected to present the state of the art in cowpea research, building upon technological advances to move the science of cowpea forward, with the ultimate aim of identifying myriads of opportunities for cowpea growers to gain higher incomes, greater food security, and lead healthier lives.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
S/Korea to double aid to Africa
afrol News, 23 November - South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak, has pledged to more than double aid to Africa over the next three years at the second Korea-Africa Forum.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
IMF returns Senegal's bag of dollars gift to official
afrol News, 27 October - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has clarified its position on allegations of possible bribery to one of its officials who was resident in Senegal, further saying the money has been returned to the poor West African government.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
MCC signs $540 million compact with Senegal
afrol News, 17 September - The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has signed a five-year poverty reduction compact granting $540 million to the Republic of Senegal for road rehabilitation and food security initiatives in some of the poorest regions of Senegal.
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» 28.08.2009 - Senegal gets land management grant from WB
» 27.08.2009 - Senegalese police unit joins AU-UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
» 24.08.2009 - Senegal should intensify efforts to monitor migrants’ situation
» 21.08.2009 - Commission outraged by more Senegalese arrests
» 03.08.2009 - EU food facility grant to increase farmers’ productivity
» 28.05.2009 - International court rules against Habre’s detention in Senegal
» 26.05.2009 - Portugal increase air links with Senegal
» 28.04.2009 - Amnesty International begs for protection of alleged gay men
» 16.04.2009 - "Senegal self-sufficient on rice by 2012"
» 08.04.2009 - Senegalese gay men appeal a homophobic sentence
» 07.04.2009 - Belgium calls for ex-Chad president's trial
» 02.04.2009 - Senegal gets MCC grant
» 26.03.2009 - Senegal gets $3.7 million for food security
» 25.02.2009 - Appeal court upholds editor’s sentence
» 20.02.2009 - Belgium sues Senegal for delayed dictator’s trial
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