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Photos: Community unites in Senegal’s Dakar to clean dilapidated school
Volunteers and students prepare safer, cleaner classrooms in advance of the academic year in Senegal's capital.
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Senegal: A podcast to trace the lives of Senegalese tirailers
They fought far from home on behalf of France, but their history remains largely unknown. In Dakar, a new series of podcasts in French and Wolof, "Memoirs de tirailleurs", aims to revive their journey. The project was presented this afternoon by the Keur Leyti Orality House, in partnership with the French Embassy in Senegal. The details of Aminatou Diallo.
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Mémoires de tirailleurs : the history of Senegalese tirailers in 10 podcasts
In Dakar, a new series of podcasts in French and Wolof wants to revive the history of Senegalese tirailers, these African soldiers having fought for France far from home. "Mémoires de tirailleurs" intends to convey a story still largely unknown.
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Senegal: TER now connects Dakar to Blaise Diagne Airport
In Senegal, the Regional Express Train (TER) now connects the Dakar capital with Blaise Diagne International Airport. A journey that considerably reduces transport time, a few weeks from the Olympic Youth Games.
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Senegal: TER launched at Dakar airport welcomed by users
Very expected from users, the deployment on Monday of the extension of the TER linking Dakar to its international airport has given rise to general relief. This extension of the line, which comes just a few weeks from the start of the Olympic Youth Games (JOJ), aims to decongest the West African metropolis known for its tentacular plugs.
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Senegal: extension of the express train from Dakar to the airport
The extension of the Dakar Regional Express Train (TER) line to its international airport came into service on Monday, just over a month after the start of the Youth Olympic Games (JOJ), said the Apix, the public agency in charge of the project.
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JOJ Dakar 2026: find the Olympic Youth Games calendar
For athletes under 17, the Olympic Youth Games (OJJ) 2026 will be held in Dakar from 31 October to 13 November. This is the first Olympic competition ever held on the African continent. Below you will find the detailed calendar of all the events.
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Top 6 of the world's worst maritime disasters
On 26 September 2002, Le Joola, a ship operating the maritime link between Ziguinchor (South) and Dakar, fell off the coast of the Gambia, killing 1,800 people. But on a global scale, there is much worse. Some of these tragedies have marked history.
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Why are the Dakar 2026 Olympics historic?
For the first time in 130 years of the history of the modern Olympic Games, an Olympic event will take place on the African continent. With the Dakar 2026 Olympics, Senegal will host the first Olympic sporting event in Africa.
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Senegal: power cuts return as Dakar swelters in the heat
After years of largely stabilising its electricity supply, Senegal is once again facing power cuts, with outages returning to Dakar in September. The blackouts are fuelling frustration among residents as the capital endures a spell of intense heat.
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Senegal: Dakar faced with power cuts
In Senegal, power cuts are back in Dakar, after several years of improved electricity supply. Senelec, the Société Nationale d'Electricité, promises a rapid return to normal, while the strong heats complicate the daily lives of Senegalese.
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Senegal: The return of hot heats and delestries in Dakar
For the past few weeks, Dakar has been reconnecting with power cuts. While in recent years Senegal had managed to solve the overall supply and distribution of electricity, the floods are back in this month of September exasperating the Senegalese as the country goes through a period of heavy heat.
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In Senegal, Senelec promises a quick return to normal after many power cuts
For the past few weeks, Dakar has been reconnecting with power cuts. While in recent years Senegal had managed to solve the overall supply and distribution of electricity, the floods are back in this month of September exasperating the Senegalese as the country goes through a period of heavy heat.
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Qatar’s Dakar Rally champ Nasser Al-Attiyah wins Asian Games shooting gold
Al-Attiyah is the first person to win a gold medal at the Games in the same year as his Dakar Rally triumph.
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"Operation Africa": behind the lead of Russian influence campaigns
After the leak of confidential documents that revealed how Russian agents had been publishing hundreds of articles in French-speaking media in West and Central Africa, France 24 travelled to Dakar, Senegal, to investigate this secret operation.