World Cup Qualifiers: Senegal beat Togo as Guinea Bissau and Guinea draw
Senegal secured a 2-0 victory over Togo at the Lat Dior Stadium in Thies on Wednesday, in Group H’s opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Sadio Mane and Abdou Diallo scored the two goals for the Teranga Lions as they started their campaign for a ticket to Qatar on a high note. The Senegalese […]
Senegal extends state of emergency for coronavirus
President Macky Sall of Senegal has extended for 30 days the state of emergency introduced throughout the country in response to the new coronavirus, the state media reported. The state of emergency first announced by the head of state on 23 March is accompanied by a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. (same hours […]
How Senegal is leading African fight against COVID-19
The mantra of the World Health Organization (WHO) is “test, test, test”. But Africa can ill afford expensive, time-consuming testing. That all may be set to change. Senegal is working with a British company to develop a quick, simple, one-dollar test. More controversially, Senegal has been pioneering the use of an anti-malarial, chloroquine, to treat […]
Senegal reports 14 more COVID-19 cases, total hitting 119
Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action Abdoulaye Sarr on Friday reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the country’s total to 119.
Senegal orders all schools closed in response to coronavirus
Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Saturday ordered all schools and universities closed for the next three weeks and religious festivals cancelled in response to a coronavirus outbreak that has infected 24 people in the past two weeks. Senegal is the first sub-Saharan African country to close its schools, according to a list compiled by U.N. […]
Coronavirus: Rapid test kits to be made in Senegal
Rapid test kits that scientists say will diagnose coronavirus within 10 minutes are being developed in a laboratory in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, and are expected to be available from June. The project at the custom-built DiaTropix facility is a collaboration between British biotech firm Mologic and Senegal’s renowned Institut Pasteur de Dakar. Some 2 million […]
