SENEGAL – The Rift Valley fever outbreak have killed at least 33 people in Senegal and Mauritania since September, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday. Data released by Yap Boum II, deputy incident manager at the Africa CDC, showed the disease has claimed the lives of at […]
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Decades-Long French Military Presence in Senegal Ends
SENEGAL – The decades-long French military presence in Senegal officially ended on Thursday and its military bases handed over to the Senegalese military. A handover ceremony was held at the Camp Geille military base in Ouakam, Dakar, attended by Gen. Mbaye Cisse, Senegal’s chief of general staff, and Maj. Gen. Pascal Ianni, head of French […]