Senegalese rural women staged a demonstration, calling for climate justice on Saturday in Dakar, asserting that they continue to endure the adverse impacts of climate change. “Rural women are mobilizing today because the climate crisis is at a crossroads of an environmental, health, you know what I mean, the COVID-19 pandemic, social and economic crisis,”…
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Senegal: Relief in Dakar after Macky Sall’s ‘no third term speech’
By Wahany Johnson SAMBOU and Jerry Fisayo-Bambi SENEGAL– Senegalese President Macky Sall has surprised many by deciding not to seek a third term in office. The decision is being greeted as a great relief by many in Dakar, where tensions had been running high prior to Sall’s address to the nation on Monday. Our correspondent…
Senegal: Amnesty International Calls for Independent Enquiry Into Deadly Crackdown on Protests
Amnesty International (NY) (New York) The Senegalese authorities must immediately carry out an independent and transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 23 people, including three children, during the violent demonstrations of 1 and 2 June 2023, and shed light on the presence of armed civilian personnel operating alongside the security forces, Amnesty International said…
KCCA Dons in Senegal for 9th Water Forum
By E K Benj @kivumbi Follow us on Twitter Updated at 0632 EAT on Friday 25th March 2022 DAKAR- Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA team led by Executive Director, Ms Dorothy Kisaka are in Dakar, Senegal participating in the 9th Water Forum. Ms Kisaka travelled with National Unity Platform – NUP’s KCCA Speaker, Hon….
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