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Two Senegalese soldiers killed, nine missing after clash with separatists
DAKAR (Reuters) - Two Senegalese soldiers were killed and nine were likely taken hostage when they went missing during fighting...
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Senegal’s ruling party loses key cities in local elections
By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) - The ruling party of Senegalese President Macky Sall has conceded defeat in the capital...
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Senegal elects mayors with eyes on 2024 presidential election
By Diadie Ba and Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal votes in municipal and regional elections on Sunday, amid growing...
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Senegal rejects bid to toughen strict anti-LGBT law
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese lawmakers on Tuesday stopped from passing to parliamentary vote a draft bill that sought to toughen...
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Senegal’s new commuter train makes first journey from capital Dakar
By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) - A new $1.3 billion commuter railway in Senegal meant to ease traffic gridlock and...
Read moreU.N. rights forum agrees to probe abuses in Ethiopia
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a proposal to set up an international expert...
Read moreSenegalese lawmakers draft tougher laws against LGBT
DAKAR (Reuters) - A group of Senegalese lawmakers has drafted a law that would tighten already repressive laws against same-sex...
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Exclusive-Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end
By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the...
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Senegal records first Omicron case in tourist who attended demonstration
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a tourist who...
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Stop harmful travel curbs, says South Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the world needed to resist unjustified and unscientific...
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Blinken says U.S. investing in Africa without unsustainable debt
By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday his country was investing in...
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Blinken says U.S. pushing for end to Ethiopia hostilities without preconditions
DAKAR (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday Washington continues to push for an immediate end...
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Security, climate dominate as U.S. Secretary of State kicks off Africa tour
By Duncan Miriri and Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony reiterated calls for an unconditional ceasefire in...
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Pandemic peace brings new life to threatened Senegalese turtles
By Ngouda Dione and Cooper Inveen GUEREO, Senegal (Reuters) - On a moonlit shore in Senegal, Djibril Diakhate's evening walk...
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U.S. top diplomat Blinken to visit Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal from Nov. 15-20, the...
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U.S. eyes January rollout of first projects to counter China’s Belt and Road -official
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to invest in five to 10 large infrastructure projects around...
Read moreSpanish-Senegalese trawlers accused of plundering valuable Liberian shrimps
By Lucinda Rouse MONROVIA (Reuters) - A fisheries watchdog group has accused a Senegalese-Spanish company of plundering valuable Liberian shrimps...
Read moreSenegal seizes record 2 tonnes of cocaine off Atlantic coast
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal seized more than two tonnes of pure cocaine from a ship off its Atlantic coast, the...
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