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Senegal midfielder Diarra joins Sunderland
Channel News Asia
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July 1, 2025
Sunderland have signed Senegal midfielder Habib Diarra from French club Strasbourg, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The 21-year-old has penned a five-year deal with promoted Sunderland and is their second signing in the current transfer...
World Bank Group Appoints New Division Director For Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros And Seychelles
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The World Bank Group has appointed Fily Sissoko as the new Division Director for Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, and Seychelles, effective today. He succeeds Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, who held the position for the...
Soccer-Senegal midfielder Diarra joins Sunderland
The Malaysian Star
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July 1, 2025
Soccer Football - International Friendly - England v Senegal - The City Ground, Nottingham, Britain - June 10, 2025 Senegal's Habib Diarra scores their second goal REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo (Reuters) -Sunderland have signed Senegal midfielder...
Al-Qaida-linked group claims attack against Mali army position near Senegal
Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal, Mali’s military said Tuesday — an development that one expert called especially worrying as the deadly violence spreads. The al-Qaida-linked JNIM extremist...
Stephen Burks and Malika Leiper transform everyday mats into sculptural seating in Senegal
Wallpaper*
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July 1, 2025
There’s a ubiquitous woven mat found across Senegal, crafted from brightly coloured ribbons of plastic. These mats form part of everyday life – laid out for informal gatherings, used as makeshift flooring in shops and markets, or as a place of...
Press Update: Formal Letters Dispatched to Senegalese Authorities Regarding Gambia-Senegal Hydrocarbon Concerns
The Fatu Network
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July 1, 2025
- Advertisement - By: Seringe S.T. Touray Mr. Ousman F. M’Bai has today dispatched formal letters to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Senegal, raising urgent and unresolved matters...
Tanzania edges toward trade, industry recovery
Daily News Tanzania
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July 1, 2025
TANZANIA’S trade and industrial sectors are showing strong signs of recovery, driven by improved business conditions and expanding market opportunities across the region and beyond. The exports have steadily increased from 6.38 billion US dollars...
Senegal-based Wave raises $137m in debt to expand financial affordability
Technext
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June 30, 2025
Africa’s fastest-growing mobile money platform, Wave, has raised $137 million in debt financing led by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) and a consortium of global development finance institutions, including British International Investment (BII),...
Strict trade protections tabled to stop shark and ray species freefall
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 1, 2025
In total, over 70 sharks and rays are proposed for CITES listing action at CoP20 via seven listing proposals, with more than 50 governments adding their names to these proposals – showing the growing recognition that the world’s shark and ray...
Wool you believe it? Luxury sheep shine at Senegal beauty contest
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 1, 2025
The regal creatures are led into the open arena, stamping their groomed hooves as if to acknowledge the cheers, music and fireworks from the crowd of spectators. Their majestic figures embody pride and status, their towering size, prominent...
Development Finance In A Post-aid World: The Case For Country Platforms
The Nigerian Voice
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With the Trump administration slashing US Agency for International Development budgets and European nations shifting overseas development aid budgets to bolster defence spending, the world has entered a “post-aid era”. But there is an opportunity...
Senegal striker on Sunderland's radar but they face Premier League competition
Chronicle Live
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June 30, 2025
15:50, 30 Jun 2025 Sunderland are among the Premier League clubs plotting a move for Senegalese striker Sambou Soumano. According to Football Insider, the Black Cats, Brentford and Burnley are the frontrunners for the 24-year-old, following his...
Comorian entrepreneur brings island fragrance to China
Global Times
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Abdallah Daniel Abdallah talks with a visitor at the 2025 (China) Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Jia Zhao) Abdallah Daniel Abdallah talks with...
Minister endorses West Africa Industrial Summit To Drive Regional Economic Growth
News Investigators Nigeria
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June 30, 2025
News Investigators/ The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has formally endorsed the 2025 West Africa Industrialisation, Manufacturing, and Trade (IMT) Summit and Exhibition. John Enoh, Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and...
In Senegal, the world’s most expensive sheep face off in a beauty contest
The Globe and Mail
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June 30, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:The Ladoum beauty pageant in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday, features more than a dozen Ladoum sheep competing in three different categories. Prive, on the right, was the winner of this year's Best Male Adult...
Senegal’s finest sheep vie for bloodline prestige at pageant
Africanews
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June 30, 2025
Sheep competed for prizes Sunday at one of Senegal's regularly held sheep pageants. One of the stars of the show in Guediawaye, on the outskirts of Dakar, was Niang Ballo. Niang Ballo is a Ladoum sheep, a specialized breed from Senegal which is...
Building a winning system – Unlocking Ghana’s football potential for economic and social growth
Daily Maverick
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June 30, 2025
In July 2010, as the vuvuzelas roared across Johannesburg, the hopes of a continent rested on the shoulders of Asamoah Gyan. With one penalty kick, Ghana could have become the first African nation to reach a World Cup semifinal. He missed. And...
In Senegal, luxury sheep shine at a beauty contest and fetch a high price
Newsday - New York
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DAKAR, Senegal — The regal creatures are led into the open arena, stamping their groomed hooves as if to acknowledge the cheers, music and fireworks from the crowd of spectators. Their majestic figures embody pride and status, their towering size,...
Coalition of Governments Unites Behind Strict Trade Protections For Shark and Ray Species Freefalling Toward Extinction: Including Iconic Whale Sharks and Manta Rays
Newswise
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June 30, 2025
Link to Photos of Shark and Ray Species Newswise — New York, June 30, 2025 – Urgently needed proposals to protect the world’s most threatened shark and ray species that are freefalling toward extinction, including whale sharks, oceanic whitetips,...
AMFS 2025 highlights Senegal’s resilience and U.S. support for West African maritime stability
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
POINTE AUX PIMENTS, Mauritius (June 25, 2025) — Senegalese military officials joined U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa and international partners during the 2025 African Maritime Forces Summit to reinforce their shared commitment to...