Cairn Energy submits offshore evaluation plan for Senegal
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Cairn Energy and its joint venture partners have submitted a three-year evaluation work plan to the Government of Senegal. The plan incorporates an initial program of three firm and three optional exploration and appraisal wells, with drilling starting in the fourth quarter of 2015 in Cairn’s new basin play offshore Senegal focused […]
Senegal ‘Must Accelerate Reforms’ to Achieve Emerging Status
Senegal is making progress on its ambitious economic reform agenda but much work remains to be done, says the International Monetary Fund. Following a visit to Senegal the International Monetary Fund signaled support for the country’s development plan, the Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE), which aims to remove bottlenecks to growth and help Senegal achieve emerging-country […]
Mozilla launches Firefox OS phones in Morocco and Senegal
Firefox OS might be in a distant fourth place (or further?) here domestically, but Mozilla sees plenty of value for it in emerging countries. Specifically? Senegal and Madagascar in Africa, where it recently partnered with French telecom Orange to launch the KLIF. And no, you aren’t wrong, it’s neither a flip-phone or a slider. Nor […]
Senegal sentences the son of former President to prison
A special court in Senegal sentenced the son of former President Aboulaye Wade to six years in prison on Monday and ordered him to pay a 138 billion CFA franc ($228m) fine, dashing his hopes of competing in presidential elections due in 2017. Karim Wade, who has been in detention since April 2013, was chosen […]
Ex Sengalese President’s Son to be sentenced to 7 years in Prison
A Sengalese special prosecutor is seeking a seven-year prison sentence for Karim Wade, the son of a former president, on charges of illicit enrichment, Wade’s lawyer said on Wednesday.The prosecutor also wants to suspend Wade’s political rights, a threat to his career. Wade headed several ministries during the presidency of his father, Abdoulaye Wade, and […]
President Obama to recall U.S. troops deployed in West Africa to fight Ebola
President Barack Obama is set to announce on Wednesday that he will bring back nearly all of the 1,300 U.S. troops deployed in West Africa to fight the Ebola epidemic by April 30, the White House said late on Tuesday. Obama, who was excoriated last fall for a slow start to his Ebola outbreak response, […]
Hull City signs Senegalese striker Dame N’Doye from Russia
Hull have completed the signing of Senegal international striker Dame N’Doye from Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow for an undisclosed fee.The 29-year-old, who scored 27 goals in 66 games for Lokomotiv, has agreed a two-and-a-half year deal, with the option of a further year. N’Doye recently played for Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations.”He will […]
The first large-scale trials of an Ebola experimental vaccine begin in Liberia
The first large-scale trials of an experimental vaccine against Ebola are due to begin in Liberia.The potentially preventative medicine was taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country.Scientists aim to immunise 30,000 volunteers, including front-line health workers.More than 8,500 people have died in the Ebola outbreak, the vast majority in […]
Africa’s top ten universities
While students from across the continent continue to move abroad to study at leading learning institutions in the U.S. and Europe, Africa boasts its own league of great universities. Presented below is Part I of Africa.com’s Top 10 Universities in Africa. Part II will feature the Top 10 Universities in South Africa, a country that […]
