Senegal Joined The Club of Oil-producing Countries

Senegal Joined The Club of Oil-producing Countries

Senegal has become an oil-producing nation with the first off-shore platform as Australian company Woodside Energy Group Ltd. announced the beginning of production on Tuesday. It is expected to generate billions of dollars for Senegal and boost its economy.

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Systemic Change and Greater Sovereignty

Systemic Change and Greater Sovereignty

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, the opposition candidate in the recent Senegalese election, was sworn into office on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, as the West African nation's fifth president. He's now also Africa's youngest elected president. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye will be succeeding Macky Sall who ruled Senegal since 2012.

By Theo Edwards

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Senegal's Opposition Leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye Set to Become President

Senegal's Opposition Leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye Set to Become President

Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was named the country's next president on Monday, less than two weeks after being released from prison to run in the election. Faye’s victory reflected frustration among youth with high unemployment and concerns about governance in the West African nation. In his first speech delivered as president-elect late Monday, the former tax inspector promised a fresh chapter following the months of violence and many political arrests that led up to the election. 

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ECOWAS member-states with potential to developing renewable energy

ECOWAS member-states with potential to developing renewable energy

As part of its "Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP)," the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) organize a regional validation workshop for the Draft Standards for Electrodomestic Appliances and Regional Standard for Plug and Play Solar Home Systems Kits. May 21 – 22, 2019 in Plateau at the Hotel Fleur de Lys - Dakar, Senegal.

By Sylvester Samba

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