Browsing: Senegal

A Boeing commercial airplane skidded off the runway while taking off in Senegal on Thursday, causing injuries to 11 individuals and closing the international airport near the capital Dakar for nearly 12 hours, airport management announced. The B737/300 plane, which belonged to Air Senegal and was operated by the privately-owned company Transair, was carrying 78 passengers and was en route to the Malian capital Bamako.

When Bassirou Diomaye Faye is inaugurated on Tuesday after winning Senegal’s presidential election on a wave of change, the challenges he faces seem as tough as the expectations are high. AFP takes a look at the intentions of the anti-establishment leader. – Priority projects – Faye outlined his priorities in his first public…

Senegal is currently voting for a new president in an unpredictable race after three years of turmoil and political crisis. About 7.3 million voters are registered in the West African nation, where two leading candidates have emerged – the former prime minister Amadou Ba from the governing coalition and the anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Both were once…