Guinea's new military leaders sought to tighten their grip on power Monday after overthrowing President Alpha Conde, ordering the soldiers from his presidential guard to join the junta forces and barring government officials from leaving the country.

Guinea's new junta leaders seek to tighten their grip on power

Senegal is among the worst affected countries in Africa by droughts. Persistent droughts saw nearly 40% of its mangrove area lost since the 1970s. A project funded by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has restored thousands of hectares of mangroves. IFAD intends to use this project to reforest more than 1,000 hectares of mangroves over the next few years.

Restored mangroves holding back sea level rise

People living in some of Senegal's most arid regions are building circular gardens known as 'Tolou Keurs' as part of Africa's 'Green Wall' project which is meant to improve food security and impede the Sahara desert's steady advance.

Senegalese plant 'Green Wall' defence against desert

Senegal, the EU, the United States, several European governments, and other partners, signed an accord in the capital Dakar on Friday to finance vaccine production in the West African state.

Senegal, EU and US sign deal for new vaccine-production plant

On a small island where the Senegal River meets the sea, hundreds of mask-wearing jazz enthusiasts listened to French-Senegalse vocalist Awa Ly sing a blues for uncertain times. Last year COVID-19 halted Saint Louis' jazz festival for the first time in its 29-year history. This year it was back, bringing much needed life to the Island of Saint Louis, a UNESCO World Heritage site famed for its colonial architecture and pastel-coloured houses.

Jazz is back in Senegal's St Louis

At the Keur Moussa abbey near Senegal's capital, the kora has replaced the organ and accompanies all the religious services of the Benedictine monks who live there. The friars fabricate themselves the instruments in their atelier, to the point where the Keur Moussa's kora has acquired the likes of professional Griots, well beyond the Catholic world.

Senegalese monks seek God through kora music

Senegal could begin producing COVID-19 vaccines next year under an agreement with Belgian biotech group Univercells aimed at boosting Africa's drug-manufacturing ambitions, a source involved in funding the project said.

In boost for Africa, Senegal aims to make COVID-19 shots next year

Senegal's football federation has called on its French-based players to be released for upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, calling the league's ban on internationals travelling outside the European Union "discriminatory".

Senegalese FA protests French travel ban for players

Do you know what's happening in #Senegal? It is witnessing the worst unrest in a decade. 5 people have died, foreign businesses are being ransacked & the capital city has been paralysed. Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you a report.

Gravitas: Why are people in Senegal protesting?

At least five people have died in demonstrations sparked by the arrest of Ousmane Sonko, Senegal’s most prominent opposition leader. It is the worst political unrest in years in a country widely seen as one of West Africa’s most stable.

Violence paralyses Senegal: Country witnessing the worst unrest in a decade

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been charged with rape on Monday but was released on bail under judicial supervision. Sonko's arrest has sparked violent protests across the country.

Senegal: Oppn leader Sonko indicted, released on bail

Protests escalated in Senegal on Friday (March 5) with police using tear gas and demonstrators lobbing stones as the country's opposition leader appeared before a judge to face multiple charges.

Tear gas fired and stones lobbed during protests in Senegal

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's arrest has led to clashes in Africa's Senegal. Also, Sonoko has denied all the rape allegations as well. Clashes between police and students also have been reported.

Africa:  Ousmane Sonko's arrest leads to clashes in Senegal

Senegal's parliament on Friday voted to lift the immunity of leading opposition MP Ousmane Sonko, who has been accused of rape, local media reported. Sonko finished third in 2019 elections that saw President Macky Sall win a second term in office, and is considered a future presidential contender in the West African state.

Senegal parliament lifts immunity for opposition MP accused of rape

19-year-old Fallou Diop is one of Senegal's most promising jockeys. He was just 17 when he won the country's top racing prize. Today he dreams of being a racing champion outside Senegal as well, and trains intensely from early morning on the sandy plains bordering Senegal's Lac Rose.

Senegal’s savannah jockey dreams of international glory

The World Bank has selected former Senegal finance minister Makhtar Diop to lead the agency responsible for private sector finance at a critical time for the global recovery.

Former Senegal finance minister to head IFC, World Bank declares

An extremely cheap and easy coronavirus test worth just $1 and takes merely 10 minutes to deliver the result is all set to revolutionise testing. The test, produced in the Republic of Senegal, a country located in West Africa by the Pasteur Institute, a biomedical exploration community.

'Cheap and easy': This $1 coronavirus test can revolutionise testing

A weekend migrant shipwreck off Senegal has left at least 140 people dead, making it the deadliest so far this year, the International Organisation for Migration confirmed Thursday.

At least 140 dead in weekend migrant ship sinking off Senegal

Senegalese artists are taking a stand against racism and police brutality after George Floyd died in police custody in the United States.

Senegal artists stand in support of BLM protests

A growing number of African countries have made it compulsory to wear masks in public to prevent the spread of the highly infectious respiratory disease. Fashion lovers in the continent's biggest cities are combining style and safety by donning colourful masks, sometimes coordinating the fabric with their outfits.

Style-conscious Africans turn compulsory masks into fashion accessories

Notorious gangster Ravi Pujari who has managed to give security officials the slip since 1994 has finally been brought to India. Karnataka police, where over 97 cases have been registered involving the deadly gangster, took custody of Pujari in Senegal after the country's Supreme Court ordered his extradition on Feb 19 2020.

Gangster Ravi Pujari brought to India from Senegal

Akon announced on his social-media channels on Monday that he is building a city of the future in Africa

Today Tonight: Singer Akon announces futuristic in Senegal

Work hard and become the best was British model Naomi Campbell's message to the young African female basketball players from the SEED academy in Senegal on Friday (July 26).

'Think about being the best' - Naomi Campbell tells Africa's female basketballers

Work hard and become the best was British model Naomi Campbell's message to the young African female basketball players from the SEED academy in Senegal on Friday. Campbell visited the young basketball hopefuls in Thies and Dakar last week as part of the Hoop Forum organised by SEED, a project to train and teach young players in Senegal. She had a sit down with them at the Museum of Black Civilisation in Dakar where the players could ask her any question they wanted.

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