Senegalon Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of scores of African troops by French forces that the former colonial master acknowledged this week had been a “massacre”.
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GERMANY: First African-Born MP Quits Parliament Over Racist Harassment
The first African-born member of parliament in Germany says he will not stand in the next federal election in 2025 after 11 years in Bundestag.
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SENEGAL: Health Ministry Detects Cases Of Covid-19 In Hajj Returnees
Senegal says it has detected Covid-19 in dozens of pilgrims returning from their Hajj journey in Mecca arising from tests conducted at Dakar’s Blaise Diagne International Airport where 78 cases of Covid-19 were recorded.
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SENEGAL: Faye Appoints Benefactor Sanko Prime Minister
Senegal and Africa’s youngest elected president on his inauguration on Tuesday has appointed his mentor Ousmane Sonko as the prime Minister in the new formed government.
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SENEGAL: Will Faye End Up A Figurehead President?
It was an unlikely climb to the top for an unlikely national figurehead. Bassirou Diomaye Faye was a tax inspector before he became his party’s secretary general and a trusted lieutenant of opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko.
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SENEGAL: Former PM Cheikh Soumare In Police Custody For Questioning Sall’s Marie Le Pen Link
Former Senegalese Prime minister Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare has spent his first night into custody after his arrest for questioning President Macky Sall if he had financed right wing French politician Le Pen.
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SENEGAL: Two MPs Jailed For Kicking Pregnant Colleague During Rowdy Sitting
Two Senegalese opposition MPs were sentenced to six months in prison for hitting a fellow MP in the National Assembly.
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ITALY: Tik Tok Star Khaby Lame Granted Italian Citizenship
Senegalese-born comedian and the most followed TikTok Khaby Lame, has been granted Italian citizenship.
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UK: Recycle Firm Where Five African Men Died In A Wall Collapse To Be Finally Charged
After four years of investigation and pressure from the family of five African men who died while working at a Birmingham recycling company, the company and two other people are to be charged over the deaths of five African men.
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