By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Senegalese presenter Fama Thioune is now a director at a Paris-based company specialising in corporate events. Her career change follows her withdrawal from television, Senego reports, also mentioning divorce rumours circulated on social media.
Pau Gasol, the former Spanish NBA star, arrived in Dakar to attend the 2026 Youth Olympic Games. The two-time NBA champion announced his presence on social media before the competition opened, Senego reports.
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Content creator Orsolya Zombati chose Seychelles as the 100th country visited during her travels. She publishes videos and images of her journeys on social media, reports the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation.
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Senegalese internet users criticised several local influencers for not attending the opening of the Dakar Youth Olympic Games or sharing the event. The criticism emerged on social media after the 31 October 2026 ceremony, Le Soleil reports.
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The day after the opening ceremony of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye praised the promotion of Senegalese culture and identity. He thanked the organisers and participants in a message published on X, Senego reports.
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Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne elected to head UN bodyIbrahima Nour Eddine Diagne, general administrator of GAINDE 2000, has been elected president of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business for a three-year term. Senegal’s Ministry of African Integration welcomed the election, held on 2 November in Geneva.
Ivorian NGO N’KLO BAKAN distributes 2,000 school kitsIvorian NGO N’KLO BAKAN distributed 2,000 school bags and kits to primary school pupils in four localities in Ivory Coast. The solidarity caravan ended in Couvé, in the commune of Jacqueville, reports Linfodrome.The week in Africa
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