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Gov’t, AfDB assess projects ...
The Guardian Post
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This was when the Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, MINEPAT, Alamine Ousmane Mey, granted audience to Leandre Bassole, the new Director General for Central Africa of the AfDB Group, who doubles as Cameroon’s Country...
Best Places for game viewings in Uganda
Breaking Travel News
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September 8, 2025
Explore the best game-viewing destinations on your Uganda safaris with Maranatha Tours and Travel, the trusted tour company. Uganda isn’t only popular for primate tracking (gorilla and chimpanzee trekking) but also for game viewing. In Uganda,...
Western Balkans smugglers pushing West Africa deeper into cocaine trade, report says
The Straits Times
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September 2, 2025
DAKAR - Western Balkans criminal groups, who are among Europe's top cocaine traffickers, are entrenching themselves in West Africa in a sign of the region's growing significance on the smuggling route from Latin America to the EU, a report has...
ABH Announces Top 20 Entrepreneurs
Business Ghana
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The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (https://AfricaBusinessHeroes.org/) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, today revealed the Top 20 entrepreneurs selected to advance to the 2025 Semi-Finals, taking place in...
Bagudu Commends World Bank For Supporting FG’s Social Service Delivery
New Telegraph
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September 1, 2025
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made this...
Senegal's Ministry Of Energy Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Diamond Partner Amid Rising Oil And Gas Success
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Having recently emerged as a major oil and gas producer in West Africa, Senegal's Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Mines will participate as a Diamond Partner at this year's African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African...
Bagudu Commends World Bank For Enhancing Nigeria’s Social Service Delivery
Daily Independent
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September 1, 2025
1 Chibuzor Emejor Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made...
Senegal’s rating downgrade: credit agencies are punishing countries that don’t check their numbers
The Conversation
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August 29, 2025
Senegal’s dramatic two-notch credit rating downgrade in February 2025 by the credit rating agency Moody’s was followed by a Standard & Poor’s downgrade in July. Moody’s decision marked a three-notch deterioration in Senegal’s rating in four...
Minister praises World Bank for enhancing FG’s social service delivery
Tribune Online
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September 1, 2025
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made this disclosure...
World Bank’s PforR instrument enhancing social service delivery -Bagudu
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 1, 2025
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has commended the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The minister gave the...
Senegal to end gas imports by 2026, saving US$227 million annually
African Mining Market
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August 29, 2025
Senegal will stop importing natural gas in 2026, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said, in a move expected to generate annual budget savings of CFA140 billion (US$227 million). The government’s gas-to-power strategy envisions natural gas making up 75%...
Bagudu lauds World Bank for enhancing FG’s social service delivery
Prompt News Online
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September 1, 2025
By Tony Obiechina Abuja Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The...
Senegal Pan-African Groups Push Reparations Agenda Despite French Military Exit
News Ghana
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August 29, 2025
Pan-African organizations in Senegal are shifting focus from military presence to economic liberation as they prepare for a major conference addressing French neocolonial influence. The August 29 Dakar gathering will bring together GASSI, the...
TVET in Africa: Skills for economic growth, not just survival
Graphic
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September 1, 2025
James Attah Ansah and Charles Ekornunye Ansah Opinion Sep - 01 - 2025 , 09:57 4 minutes read In the heart of bustling Accra, 22-year-old Amina wires a solar panel to a rooftop, her movements confident and precise. She didn’t learn this at a...
Mauritanian Banker Takes Helm of African Development Bank
News Ghana
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September 1, 2025
Dr. Sidi Ould Tah officially assumed leadership of the African Development Bank today, becoming the first Mauritanian president in the institution’s history as he succeeds Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. The transition comes at a pivotal moment...
Armed group linked to al-Qaida sets fuel trucks ablaze as it blockades imports to Mali
Newsday - New York
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BAMAKO, Mali — A West African armed group affiliated to al-Qaida set fire to fuel tankers in Mali over the weekend, videos showed, as the militants sought to tighten their grip on the country's economy by banning fuel imports from neighboring...
Fracas continues over Air Sénégal Airbus leases
Ch-Aviation
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September 1, 2025
Carlyle Aviation Partners has declined to comment on reports from Senegal that Infrastructure, Land and Air Transport Minister Yankhoba Diémé had ordered the lessor to remove aircraft stationed at Dakar Blaise Diagne International, warning that...
21 arrested as DLEAG wraps up weekly war on drugs
The Point
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The Senegalese suspect was arrested in Brikama Kaira Kunda alongside a Gambian national for joint possession of three bundles of cannabis sativa. Meanwhile, in Brusubi, the Canadian national was caught with quantities of cocaine, underscoring how...
Haranga Resources: From uranium in Senegal to gold in the US
The Market Herald
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August 31, 2025
Join our daily newsletter At The Bell to receive exclusive market insights Haranga Resources (ASX:HAR) has made a company-defining move, adding the Lincoln Gold Project – in the “richest section of the legendary Mother Lode” – to its portfolio...
Moroccan farmers turn to Mauritania, Senegal as African exports decline
Hespress
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August 31, 2025
Moroccan farmers are increasingly shifting operations to Mauritania and Senegal after vegetable exports to African markets dropped sharply, professional associations said this week. The decline follows Moroccan authorities’ decision to restrict...