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Stephen Burks and Malika Leiper transform everyday mats into sculptural seating in Senegal
Wallpaper*
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July 1, 2025
There’s a ubiquitous woven mat found across Senegal, crafted from brightly coloured ribbons of plastic. These mats form part of everyday life – laid out for informal gatherings, used as makeshift flooring in shops and markets, or as a place of...
ECOWAS parliament pushes for legal framework on AI in education across West Africa
Pulse
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July 1, 2025
The ECOWAS Parliament has called for the development of a robust legal framework to govern Artificial Intelligence (AI) across West Africa, with a particular focus on digital transformation in the education sector. Speaking at the opening of a...
The education of Zohran Mamdani
The Spectator Australia
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June 30, 2025
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, having secured the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, is in the national spotlight. At the age of 33, he ran as a Democratic Socialist having previously held elected office as a New York State Assemblyman. He has...
Luxury sheep steal the spotlight at Senegal’s high-profile beauty contest
United News of Bangladesh
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In Senegal, elite sheep take center stage in a dazzling beauty contest where their elegance is met with cheers, music, and fireworks. These striking animals—especially the prized Ladoum breed—are symbols of prestige, paraded in an open arena to...
Wool you believe it? Luxury sheep shine at Senegal beauty contest
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 1, 2025
The regal creatures are led into the open arena, stamping their groomed hooves as if to acknowledge the cheers, music and fireworks from the crowd of spectators. Their majestic figures embody pride and status, their towering size, prominent...
ECOWAS parliament seeks AI legal, education framework
News Diary Online
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July 1, 2025
The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hadja Memounatou Ibrahima, has called for a strong legal framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) development across West Africa. By Mark Longyen The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hadja Memounatou...
In Senegal, the world’s most expensive sheep face off in a beauty contest
The Globe and Mail
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June 30, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:The Ladoum beauty pageant in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday, features more than a dozen Ladoum sheep competing in three different categories. Prive, on the right, was the winner of this year's Best Male Adult...
In Senegal, luxury sheep shine at a beauty contest and fetch a high price
Newsday - New York
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DAKAR, Senegal — The regal creatures are led into the open arena, stamping their groomed hooves as if to acknowledge the cheers, music and fireworks from the crowd of spectators. Their majestic figures embody pride and status, their towering size,...
Illegal fishing and its consequences: the human toll of migration in Senegal
Mongabay
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June 30, 2025
In 2024, more than 2,000 people are believed to have died at sea while attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from Senegal and the Gambia. According to the NGO Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), people from Senegalese fishing communities...
Gender gaps in crucial sectors are narrowing in more African countries — report
Independent (Uganda)
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June 29, 2025
More African countries are making progress on gender equality. From Benin to Botswana, new data shows gains in political inclusion, economic participation, and leadership. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | A new report shows many African countries...
Beyond the farmer’s wife: unpacking gendered spaces
Geographical
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June 29, 2025
Image: Shutterstock Recently, the National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS) urged its members to stop using phrases such as ‘farmer’s wife’ to address women in agriculture. Such gendered language reinforces stereotypes, but for today’s NFUS, a...
ECOWAS to prioritise digital learning for subregion’s future
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 1, 2025
The ECOWAS Parliament has declared education technology a non-negotiable tool for West Africa’s future, expressing its commitment to digital transformation in the region’s education sector. This announcement emerged from a joint committee meeting...
Panafest And Emancipation: Time To Turn Inward And Heal Ours...
Modern Ghana
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As the drums roll and the colours of heritage return in celebration of PANAFEST and the Emancipation Festival, we are once again reminded of the painful legacy of slavery and colonialism. This moment in our calendar is more than just a cultural...
Music of West African Kora coming to Grand Island Public Library
Central Nebraska Today
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Sean Gaskell will perform with a kora, a 21-stringed harp that is central to West African music, (Courtesy) GRAND ISLAND — The Grand Island Public Library invites the community to experience the mesmerizing sounds of the West African kora during a...
China-Senegal relations enter new phase with renewed political, economic cooperation
Business Insider Africa
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June 28, 2025
During a high-level meeting in Beijing on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, and commended the significant progress achieved by both nations since the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. "China...
President Xi Jinping says China, Senegal inject fresh impetus into Global South cooperation
IOL
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China is willing to work with Senegal to strengthen solidarity and cooperation, deepen their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, bring more benefits to the two peoples, and inject fresh impetus into China-Africa friendship and Global...
Morabeza documented the culture of Cape Verde before independence
Portugal Pulse
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June 28, 2025
The Cape Verdean music embodies a poignant sentiment, channeling unspoken emotions, unexpressed faiths, and confessions held back, as described by Djunga di Biluca, founder of Morabeza Records, who passed away in 2023. These words appeared on the...
Senegalese Women’s Basketball Team Visas Rejected As U.S. Escalates Immigration Restrictions
Black Enterprise
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June 23, 2025
The visa rejections come amid reports that the U.S. is expanding its travel bans. The Senegal Women’s Basketball team will not attend a training camp in the United States, set to start June 22, after some of its players and staff had their visas...
Xi meets Ecuadorian president, Senegalese PM in Beijing
Global Times
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Top news Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday. The two foreign leaders had just concluded their participation in the 2025 Summer Davos forum in...
Pan-Africanism must begin from home – Dr Ocran
Ghana News Agency
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July 1, 2025
By Prince Acquah Cape Coast, July 01, GNA – The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has held its maiden public lecture, urging Africans to prioritise internal unity as a foundation for advancing the...