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Senegal: Families Internally Displaced by Floods in Limbo
Human Rights Watch
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August 18, 2025
For nine years, in Khar Yalla, authorities have effectively abandoned Senegalese families internally displaced from the Langue de Barbarie peninsula by coastal floods, violating their rights to an adequate standard of living, education, health,...
Job opportunity: IFC seeks Operations Analyst in Senegal
ESI Africa
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August 18, 2025
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking a highly motivated Operations Analyst to join the team in Senegal and support the region. Closing date: 28 August 2025 The Operations Analyst will join the Financial Institutions Group (FIG),...
Off to Africa, outgoing climate change envoy aims to spread gospel of Israel’s green tech
The Times of Israel
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August 18, 2025
Few figures in Israel’s environment and climate scene are as energetic, ubiquitous, diplomatic and positive as Gideon Behar, who is wrapping up more than five years as the country’s special envoy for climate change and sustainability under the...
Senegal's ‘schools for husbands’ aim to shift gender roles and keep mothers from dying
The Independent
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August 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
SHIGERU ISHIBA: Ticad 9 ushers in new era of partnership
BusinessLIVE
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Twenty-five years ago, in 2000, I visited Senegal for the first time, marking my initial steps into Africa. I was overwhelmed by the dynamism of young students and the continent’s vast potential, which convinced me that Africa has a bright future....
NASA’s Duffy Proposes Scrapping Earth Science Division for Space Focus
WebProNews
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August 15, 2025
In a surprising turn at NASA’s helm, Acting Administrator Sean Duffy has publicly advocated for dismantling the agency’s Earth science division, a move that could reshape the space agency’s priorities amid tightening budgets and shifting political...
UAE, Senegal unite to boost water investment across Africa
GCC Business News
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August 15, 2025
The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Senegal, co-hosts of the 2026 UN Water Conference, have partnered to advance the water investment agenda in Africa ahead of the event. In collaboration with AUDA-NEPAD, the Children’s Investment Fund...
UAE, Senegal strengthen partnership on water investment in Africa
Zawya
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Today at the Africa Water Investment Summit, the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Senegal, as co-hosts of the 2026 UN Water Conference, in partnership with AUDA-NEPAD, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Global Water Partnership...
Co-creating Africa’s brighter future: New era of partnership at TICAD 9
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 18, 2025
Twenty-five years ago, in 2000, I visited Senegal for the first time, marking my initial steps into Africa. I was overwhelmed by the dynamism of young students and the continent’s vast potential, which convinced me that Africa has a bright future...
Scientists discover how terrifying cancer-causing parasitic worm can penetrate your body... without you feeling a thing
Daily Mail
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August 13, 2025
If a worm was trying to burrow into your skin, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd feel it gnawing at your flesh—but scientists have identified how one wriggling parasite does so without you noticing. Schistosoma mansoni—also known as a blood...
AI and the fear of losing the pen
The News International
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August 19, 2025
AI is a reality, and as everyday people gain access to writing tools, a palpable discomfort has emerged among some. The concern is often expressed in arguments about authenticity, creativity or the sanctity of ‘real writing’. I must confess that,...
MIT scientists create new fortification method to combat global nutrient deficiency
New Food Magazine
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The new fortification method aims to boost nutrients like iron and iodine in food and drink without altering taste or texture. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new nutrient fortification method using...
Madd de Casamance: Senegal’s first geographical indication boosts...
Food Ingredients First
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A geographical indication is helping Senegalese communities profit from a native fruit rich in antioxidants, vitamins A and C, and holds significant potential for the F&B industry. Communities in the Casamance region of southern Senegal have long...
Nairobi: How Africa Tech Challenge Season 10 ignites innovation, skills among TVET students
TUKO
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August 14, 2025
The Africa Tech Challenge Season 10, held in Nairobi, Kenya, brings together 568 participants from 12 African countries Prof Emmanuel Mutisya of KAIST highlighted the urgent need to update Africa’s outdated curricula and training infrastructure,...
GHIB CEO Outlines Plan to Finance Africa’s Value-Addition Drive … Calls for Trade Finance to Break Raw Export Cycle
Front Page Africa
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August 19, 2025
67 CHEAPSIDE, London – Dean Adansi, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana International Bank (GHIB), has unveiled a financing blueprint aimed at breaking Africa’s dependence on raw commodity exports and driving investment into local value addition....
Senegal: Solar + storage project leads the way in West Africa
ESI Africa
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August 12, 2025
Described as a first for West Africa, a solar PV installation with battery storage project dedicated to frequency regulation has been commissioned in Senegal. The Walo Storage project in Bokhol is already connected to the National Electricity...
African Stars in Europe: Who Earns the Most and Why
Nigerian Eye
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August 18, 2025
It is a match day at the Santiago Bernabéu. With flashing cameras and chants from the stands in Madrid, it is game night. The silence precedes the turn around the corner, and there, looming over the crowd, is a man whose background was in the...
Visualizing Africa’s Battery Storage Pipeline
Visual Capitalist
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August 19, 2025
See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Visualizing Africa’s Battery Storage Pipeline This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of...
Four-star center from Senegal lists Syracuse basketball among his 6 finalists
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 13, 2025
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Aliou Dioum, a four-star center in the Class of 2026, listed Syracuse among the six finalists for his college choice. Dioum put Syracuse in a group that includes Wake Forest, Illinois, West Virginia, Mississippi State and UNLV....
Lagos summit weighs AI ambitions against Africa’s tech infrastructure gap
Modern Ghana
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Nigeria is hosting one of Africa's biggest tech gatherings on Tuesday, with debates ranging from Wolof-speaking chatbots to medical algorithms. The ambition is to harness artificial intelligence to transform economies – but patchy internet,...