By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
A dust haze was expected to veil the sky over the Cap-Vert peninsula on Monday 26 October, with temperatures of 27°C in the morning and 31°C in the afternoon in Dakar. The perceived temperature could reach 34°C, prompting vulnerable people and those with respiratory problems to exercise caution, according to Seneweb.
Senegal’s three-day general strike ended on Friday 23 October, after unions said mobilisation had been significant in Dakar and across the country. The Trade Union Front for the Defence of Labour now awaits the results of negotiations with the government, according to RFI.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: RFI ·
Qatar is providing Senegal with 15 buses and security equipment for the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, scheduled from 31 October to 13 November 2026. Qatari ambassador Youssef Shaban Ibrahim Al Sada presents the support as an experience-sharing initiative after the 2022 World Cup, according to Seneweb.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Seneweb ·
Pastef-Les Patriotes has announced a press conference on 25 October 2026, one hour after Senegalese Prime Minister Al Aminou Lô’s meeting on the supplementary budget. The party did not specify the purpose of the meeting with journalists, according to Seneweb.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Seneweb ·
A 26-year-old Congolese student was referred to the Dakar public prosecutor’s office after saying she had thrown her stillborn baby into a rubbish lorry in Ouest-Foire. A search extending to the Mbeubeuss landfill failed to find the body, according to Seneweb.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Seneweb ·
Supporters’ bus kills two and injures 26 in ThièsA bus carrying supporters of ASC Ngolfaning overturned in Kissane, in Thiès department, after the Zone 11D final in Notto-Diobass, killing two people and injuring 26. The accident occurred on Saturday 24 October after the team’s victory, reports Senenews.
Jos hospital prepares for possible Ebola casesJos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria has put its staff on alert and has an equipped isolation centre for PCR testing for Ebola. Its medical director, Pokop Wushipba Bupwatda, says specialists are mobilised to detect and manage possible cases, according to Leadership.The week in Africa
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