Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have long been places of refuge for migrants from West Africa. Out and about with hairdresser Christine Bela in her new home in Tunis, where tensions between immigrants like her and locals are increasing.from Mirco Keilberth, TunisWhen Christine Bela is sitting in the tram, she prefers to look stubbornly straight ahead. The 32-year-old hairdresser from Ivory Coast travels six days a week from the La Soukra district to the center of Tunis. In the always overcrowded...
A terrible accident occurred in the night from Saturday to Sunday, on a road in the south-west of Senegal, it is the deadliest accident in the country in recent years. A shock took place between two buses around 3:15 a.m. local time near the town of Kaffrine, about 250 km southeast of the capital Dakar, according to a press release from the National Fire Brigade. According to the government, the head-on collision left 39 dead, 53 hospitalized and 42 slightly...
Admittedly, there were little thumbs, ugly ogres, grandmothers and grandfathers… Unfortunately the news of the weekend was not a fairy tale. We are still reporting it to you, in our selection of the five facts not to be missed this weekend…1. A barely noticed truceRussians and Ukrainians celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Saturday in the middle of the war and the 36-hour truce announced without convincing by Vladimir Putin is now over without the hostilities having really ceased. This weekend, Ukraine...
Status: 08.01.2023 2:18 p.m Serious traffic accident in Senegal: Two buses collided in the center of the country. 40 people lost their lives. The country's president ordered a three-day state mourning. 40 people died in a serious traffic accident in Senegal. When two buses collided near the city of Kaffrine in the center of the West African country, there were also 87 injuries, a fire department representative told the AFP news agency. According to the information, the accident happened on...
bad luck Traffic accident with 40 dead - national mourning in Senegal Senegal's President Macky Sall is devastated by a serious traffic accident in his country. photo © Gehad Hamdy/dpa After an accident with many fatalities and serious injuries, Senegal's President Macky Sall ordered national mourning from Monday. 40 people died in a serious traffic accident in Senegal. The country's president ordered a three-day national mourning on Sunday. "I am deeply saddened by today's tragic traffic accident in Gniby, which...
While the film "Tirailleurs", with actor Omar Sy, was released in theaters this Wednesday, the Senegalese consul put forward the proposal to build a tribute statue in Marseille, mirroring that of the soldiers "Dupont and Demba already existing in Dakar. “The participation of Africans must be recognized,” pleaded the Senegalese consul present at the screening of the film “Tirailleurs” in Marseille.The film tells the story of Thierno, forcibly recruited in a Senegalese village by the French army in 1917, and...
The two opposition politicians attacked a member of the ruling party in a budget debate in early December. On Monday, the men were sentenced to six months in prison.The two opposition politicians attacked a member of the ruling party in a budget debate in early December. On Monday, the men were sentenced to six months in prison.source site-1
Vhe has seen four people die up close, says Gana Sarr. In the refugee boat on the way from Morocco to Spain. Spontaneously collapsed on the open sea. The 51-year-old does not know whether it was heat stroke or thirst. All he remembers is that the Spanish coast guard towed the boat to a Spanish port and immediately took him to a refugee shelter upon arrival. 2006 was that. Six weeks later, Sarr was deported. Back to Senegal, back to...
"There is not, at least not in very large quantities, drugs circulating between Senegal and France". On Tuesday, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, on a ministerial visit to Dakar, after talks with his Senegalese counterpart, wanted to cut short the "rumor" about an intense "constituted traffic" of drugs between the two countries. The Senegalese Minister of the Interior Antoine Félix Abdoulaye Diome spoke for his part of a "really marginal" question and spoke out against the "clichés" conveyed on the...
Why Marcus Rashford wasn't in the starting XI against Senegal Marcus Rashford ©Getty Images Surprisingly, Marcus Rashford was not in the starting XI for England's 3-0 win over Senegal. Gareth Southgate has given his reasons for the waiver. Surprisingly, Marcus Rashford was not in the starting XI for England's 3-0 win over Senegal. Gareth Southgate has given his reasons for the waiver. Rashford had scored twice in the final English Group B game against Wales but was not called up...
