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Macky Sall declares mourning period after Senegal bus crash

Senegal bus crash

Macky Sall has set aside 3 days for mourning and pledged to enhance traffic safety. In Uganda, 21 people died when a bus crossed the border from Uganda into Kenya. Eight Ugandans were among the dead, who were largely Kenyans. Numerous more were hurt in the crash of two buses in central Senegal, which claimed … Read more

40 dead, many injured in Senegal bus crash, says Macky Sall

Senegal bus crash

At least 40 people killed in bus accident in Gniby, says President Macky Sall. State broadcaster: Two buses collided with one another. Three days of national mourning for victims to begin on January 9. The president of Senegal reported that a bus catastrophe in the country’s center resulted in at least 40 fatalities and numerous … Read more

African Union president says polluters should pay most

African Union president says polluters should pay most

The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, has been speaking at COP27 in Paris. He says that both industrialized and developing countries can either “create history” or “be a victim of history”. Africa is responsible for less than 4% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Macky Sall, who is both the President of Senegal and the … Read more

Senegal’s President Macky Sall nominates Amadou Ba prime minister

Macky Sall nominates Amadou Ba

The position of prime minister had been done away with in April 2019, after a tense legislative election in July. Amadou Ba has served in multiple capacities within the governments led by Macky Sall. The 61-year-old is a statesman who is 61 years old. President Macky Sall appointed Amadou Ba, a former minister of foreign … Read more

Senegal opposition leader gives ‘ultimatum’ after clashes

Senegal

Senegal’s main opposition leader issues an “ultimatum” to President Macky Sall urging him to release those detained during a day of clashes that reportedly resulted in three deaths Main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko accuses Sall of being “a murderous president”. Sonko had called for demonstrations in response to a decision to bar a list of … Read more

Hungry Africans are victims of Ukraine war, Macky Sall tells Putin

Putin

African countries are innocent victims of war in Ukraine. The war has exacerbated already existing shortages in Africa caused by bad harvests. Mr. Putin has said he is always on the side of Africa but didn’t mention its food crisis during a meeting with African leaders in Dakar. African countries are innocent victims of the … Read more

AU head says ‘reassured’ after talks with Putin on food shortages

AU

Global food shortages and grain stockpiles in Ukrainian ports were on the agenda. “I found Vladimir Putin committed and aware that the crisis” Macky Sall . The UN has said Africa faces an “unprecedented” crisis caused by the conflict. African Union Secretary-General Macky Sall On Friday, said he was “reassured” after talks with Russian President … Read more

AU head tells Putin Africans ‘victims’ of Ukraine conflict

Africans

Washington and Brussels have imposed unprecedented sanctions against Moscow. Putin would explain the situation with grain supplies stuck in Ukrainian ports to Sall. “No one is blocking these ports, at least not from the Russian side,” Peskov   African Union Secretary-General Macky Sall On Friday, urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to consider the suffering in … Read more

Eleven newborn babies dies in Senegal hospital fire

senegal

Eleven newborn babies died in a hospital fire in Tivaouane, Senegal’s western city, late Wednesday, according to President Macky Sall. “I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire at the neonatal department of the public hospital,” Sall posted just before midnight on Twitter (0000 GMT). He … Read more

German chancellor Olaf Scholz, visits Senegal

olaf scholz

DAKAR: Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, visited Dakar, Senegal’s capital, on Sunday, as part of an Africa tour that will also take him to Niger and South Africa. After a joint news conference with Senegalese President Macky Sall at the Palace of the Republic of Senegal, Scholz travelled to Diass (southeast) for the commissioning of … Read more

African Union chief wants pan-African ratings agency

African Union

Senegalese President Macky Sall known as Sunday for the introduction of a pan-African credit score rating company announced that the “very arbitrary” nature of the gadget of evaluation by means of international groups made it greater expensive for African countries to borrow on worldwide debt markets. Sall, who is currently head of the African Union, … Read more

Zelensky asks to address African Union

Volodymyr Zelensky

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested to address the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Monday. Sall, the current AU chairman, tweeted that he and Zelensky had discussed over the phone the economic impact of the war in Ukraine and “the need to favor dialogue for a negotiated outcome to the conflict”. The … Read more