By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on APS
Japan has handed Senegal 2,086 tonnes of rice to support vulnerable households, received by Senegalese Minister for Family, Social Action and Solidarity Marie Angélique Mame Selbé Diouf. The donation is part of the KR2023 cooperation programme between the two countries, reports APS.
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Equatorial Guinea has inaugurated a programme in Malabo to strengthen the leadership of community organisations of rural women and young people. Dolores Fernández Valbuena, the prime minister’s wife, attended the ceremony on behalf of the head of government, Ahora EG reports.
🌍 World · Source: Ahora EG ·
Senegalese Minister of Energy and Petroleum Abdourahmane Diouf criticised Ousmane Sonko, leader of Pastef, over his criticism of the government's budget choices for 2026. The reaction followed Sonko's press conference on 19 October, reports Senenews.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senenews ·
Ministers from the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), comprising Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, and ECOWAS officially resumed dialogue in Dakar on 17 October. The two organisations agreed to work towards a future framework cooperation agreement, nearly two years after relations broke down, Mediacongo reports.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Mediacongo ·
In Abidjan, Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô and his Ivorian counterpart Robert Beugré Mambé reviewed the follow-up of nearly fifty cooperation agreements, few of which are being implemented satisfactorily. The two governments want to introduce more results-focused monitoring and also discussed trade and investment, according to Senego.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senego ·
ECOWAS seeks sustainable funding for its regional food reserveECOWAS wants to make its regional food security reserve more responsive and sustainable through predictable funding covering the building up and replenishment of stocks, as well as emergency interventions. Its Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Dehpué Yenpea Zuo, presented these priorities in Dakar at a meeting on revising the strategy adopted in 2012, APS reports.
Guinea-Bissau expects four types of fuel within 24 hoursGuinea-Bissau’s Finance Minister Gareth Guadalupe says shipments of petrol, diesel, paraffin and aviation fuel will arrive within 24 hours. The deliveries are expected to ease shortages that have disrupted travel and pushed up transport costs for about two weeks, the minister said at a press conference.The week in Africa
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