By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Soleil
One week before the World Health Forum, scheduled for 17 to 19 November 2026 in Senegal, the Pasteur Institute of Dakar presented its ambitions for African health sovereignty at a press conference on 11 November. Its director-general, Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall, notably announced the development of a rapid measles diagnostic test that gives a result in 20 minutes, according to Le Soleil.
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye called in Paris on 10 November 2026 for children to be protected without distinction in wartime, denouncing selective treatment or instrumentalisation, according to Seneweb. He also outlined Senegal’s efforts in health, nutrition, education and child protection.
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Senegalese Prime Minister Ahmadou Alhaminou Lô on Monday 9 November 2026 received Salman Ahmed, president for public policy and advocacy at the Gates Foundation. The talks covered health, the fight against infectious diseases and the eradication of poverty, according to Le Soleil.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Le Soleil ·
The Senegalese Navy assisted 759 people involved in irregular migration on Tuesday 10 November 2026, during an operation involving four pirogues and two naval units, according to Seneweb. The operation brings to 1,576 the number of people rescued during two intervention periods over the week.
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Laboratory tests isolated Salmonella bacteria in 5 of 5 patients tested in the Kébémer health district, in the Louga region of Senegal. A multidisciplinary research team is to identify the source of contamination in this collective food poisoning outbreak, which has 649 reported cases from 2 to 9 November 2026 and no deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Dakaractu ·
Senegal finance committee rejects budgets for three ministriesIn Senegal, the National Assembly’s Finance Committee, dominated by Pastef, rejected the 2027 budgets of the ministries of Energy, Mines and Education on 11 November 2026. The rejection follows that of the 2026 supplementary budget on 3 November, while the IMF still has to approve a $2.2 billion aid programme, according to RFI.
Mercury levels in Ghana exceed US levels by more than 55 timesThe waters of Ghana’s Pra and Ankobra rivers have mercury concentrations more than 55 times the average measured in US waterways. Sediments also show levels up to 25 times higher, according to a USGS study presented in Accra.The week in Africa
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