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Senegal health authorities adopt measures to contain spread of coronavirus
/ Africa On the ground Issued on: 07/03/2020 - 08:40Modified: 07/03/2020 - 08:40 Text by: Emmanuelle LANDAIS | Sarah SAKHO Senegal has so far seen four people contract the novel coronavirus, with one patient cured and soon to be released from hospital, according to the health ministry. In the capital of Dakar, medical staff at the Fann hospital have implemented systems for handling new coronavirus cases and say they are confident and ready to deal with an epidemic.
Dakar Weatherman
In October, thousands of people took to the streets in New York to put pressure on leaders worldwide to increase their emissions reduction targets to keep global temperatures down, and erratic weather linked to climate change at bay. In Senegal, the annual rainy season is already showing signs of unusual weather patterns. Longer and stronger rains spread over a shorter period of time. Weather dictates life in the west African country for fishermen and farmers.
Senegal Sends Its Largest Team To Compete In Special Olympics
A delegation of disabled Senegalese athletes is in Abu Dhabi to participate in the Special Olympic Games which continue until March 21st. This will be their 4th participation in these Summer Olympic Games which take place every 4 years. In 2015, there were 9 Senegalese athletes. This year, almost 30 athletes will be representing Senegal in five disciplines: table tennis, athletics, seven-a-side football, swimming, and for the first time, show-jumping. Emmanuelle Landais reports from Dakar.
Wiki Quests For Africa Content
Of the millions of subjects you can read about on Wikipedia, Africa gets the least coverage. According to Wikipedia this is mainly because many people don't know that they can donate their images, videos and audio to the site. As an open source encyclopedia, anyone can update entries and upload images to its free library, Wiki Commons. Every year, in an effort to boost its content from the continent, Wikipedia holds a Wiki Loves Africa competition.
Mobile technology to ensure transparency in Senegal vote
With voters in Senegal ready to head to the ballot box on Sunday for presidential elections, Senegalese civil society observers have been preparing for weeks. Using web and mobile applications to ensure the transparency and integrity of the elections, activity at the polling stations across the country will be communicated in real time via a website, created by Tuwindi Foundation, a Malian rights organisation. Click on "Play" above to hear Emmanuelle Landais' report from Dakar.
The search for low tech across Africa
Two engineers from Europe have decided to start their search for low tech in Africa in Senegal this month, teaching workshops to share concepts and solutions based on creative inventions and life hacks. Low tech, or low technology often involves repurposing old techniques to meet modern needs, such as solar-powered hearing aids, using bike power to charge phones and desert fridges. Click on the 'play' button above to hear Emmanuelle Landais's report from Dakar.
Senegal's efforts to protect underwater heritage
Senegal is preparing to ratify UNESCO's 2001 convention on the protection of underwater heritage: a heritage made up of sunken slave ships, fishing boats, transatlantic commercial vessels and warships, among others. Some 1,000 sites of interest have been detected on the seabed. The lack of national law on the protection of underwater objects has led to the looting of these shipwrecks by treasure hunters.
Senegal: Top Senegalese Chef Backs Ancient Grain As Next Superfood
By Emmanuelle Landais Dakar — The drought-resistant, fast-growing plant also has the potential to help ease hunger linked to climate change - but farmers are struggling to make money from it For centuries, women in West Africa's cereal belt have relied on fonio, a small, nutty grain, to feed their families. Now, Adja Aissata Aya Ndiaye, a farmer in Kedougou in southeastern Senegal, thinks fonio could become a staple across the continent, and eventually around the world.
FEATURE-Top Senegalese chef backs ancient grain as next superfood
DAKAR, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For centuries, women in West Africa’s cereal belt have relied on fonio, a small, nutty grain, to feed their families. Now, Adja Aissata Aya Ndiaye, a farmer in Kedougou in southeastern Senegal, thinks fonio could become a staple across the continent, and eventually around the world. “We want to take over the global market,” said Ndiaye, 62. Over in New York, Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam has the same aim.
Top Senegalese chef backs ancient grain as next superfood
The drought-resistant, fast-growing plant also has the potential to help ease hunger linked to climate change - but farmers are struggling to make money from it By Emmanuelle Landais DAKAR, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For centuries, women in West Africa's cereal belt have relied on fonio, a small, nutty grain, to feed their families.
Senegal Makes Gains Towards Fighting Malnutrition
By Emmanuelle LandaisDakar — Achieving zero hunger by 2030 is still a distant goal for most African countries. Yet Senegal is making strides towards reducing malnutrition and improving livelihoods. In the southern region of Tambacounda, 500 kilometers south west of the capital Dakar, Senegal's cereal farmers are using mobile apps to plan the sowing and harvesting of crops.
International report - Rap and growing your own veg in Senegal
In Senegal social activism and hip hop go together. A centre in Dakar created by one of Senegal’s celebrity rappers provides workshops on music, graffiti and photography. But one workshop that’s been embraced by the whole community develops skills that are less associated with hip hop culture.
African Women Filmmakers Break Down Barriers and Challenge Taboos
By Emmanuelle LandaisFemale filmmakers in Africa face many hurdles, from sexual harassment to the belief that women have no place in the movie industry. That isn't stopping them from telling women's stories on film. In September 2017, the Hollywood film industry was rocked by sexual abuse allegations against American film mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Senegal: Govt Vows to Hunt Down Casamance Gunmen
By Emmanuelle LandaisSenegal's government has launched an inquiry into the killing of 13 loggers in the southern region of Casamance. It's the first upsurge in violence in the isolated region in years. Senegal is observing two days of mourning after 13 people were killed and 7 injured by armed men in a forest in the southern region of Casamance on Saturday, January 6, 2018. The region lies in a part of Senegal that is geographically separated from the rest of the country by The Gambia.
Senegal: Bringing Cinema to Senegal - By Bicycle!
By Emmanuelle LandaisIn Senegal this month, a movie club has started in the remote south-east Kédougou region, near the border with Mali and Guinea. But because there is almost no electricity in the area, the films are shown, under the stars, by using a projector that's powered by a bicycle.
Senegal: Battling to Protect Gorée Island's Legacy of Slavery
By Emmanuelle LandaisWorried about their future, island nations like the Maldives or Fiji raise the alarm every year during the environment summit COP 23 on the impact of rising sea levels. But for small islands, it's the past they're worried about, and watching their history wash away. Unesco's first world heritage site in Africa, Gorée Island off the coast of Senegal, was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast.
Senegal: Dakar's Threatened 'Green Lung' Gets Reforestation Boost
By Emmanuelle LandaisDakar — Pulling away a black plastic pot, a forest guard holds up a short, wispy sapling before dozens of people. He shows the crowd how to hold the tree without damaging it, then places it in a hole lining a forest path and covers the roots with soil before pressing them down gently. Soon all of the crowd are busy planting. "If a tree is cut, one needs to be planted in its place.
Dakar's threatened 'green lung' get reforestation boost
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pulling away a black plastic pot, a forest guard holds up a short, wispy sapling before dozens of people. He shows the crowd how to hold the tree without damaging it, then places it in a hole lining a forest path and covers the roots with soil before pressing them down gently. Soon all of the crowd are busy planting. "If a tree is cut, one needs to be planted in its place.
Dakar's threatened 'green lung' gets reforestation boost
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pulling away a black plastic pot, a forest guard holds up a short, wispy sapling before dozens of people. He shows the crowd how to hold the tree without damaging it, then places it in a hole lining a forest path and covers the roots with soil before pressing them down gently. Soon all of the crowd are busy planting. "If a tree is cut, one needs to be planted in its place.
REFILE-Dakar's threatened 'green lung' gets reforestation boost
(Fixes dropped letter in headline)By Emmanuelle LandaisDAKAR, Oct 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pulling away a black plastic pot, a forest guard holds up a short, wispy sapling before dozens of people.He shows the crowd how to hold the tree without damaging it, then places it in a hole lining a forest path and covers the roots with soil before pressing them down gently. Soon all of the crowd are busy planting."If a tree is cut, one needs to be planted in its place.
Protecting the environment in Senegal? There's an app for that
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hunched over her laptop, eyes locked on the screen, Marième Seye listens to the step-by-step instructions given by her teacher. The 18-year-old isn't studying math or history, however. With 24 other Senegalese students, she is learning to develop a mobile app to raise awareness about the environment.
Senegal: Protecting the Environment in Senegal? There's an App for That
By Emmanuelle LandaisDakar — By building environmental apps, students learn about technology and the environment Hunched over her laptop, eyes locked on the screen, Marième Seye listens to the step-by-step instructions given by her teacher. The 18-year-old isn't studying math or history, however. With 24 other Senegalese students, she is learning to develop a mobile app to raise awareness about the environment.
Protecting the environment in Senegal? There's an app for that
DAKAR, Aug 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hunched over her laptop, eyes locked on the screen, Marième Seye listens to the step-by-step instructions given by her teacher.The 18-year-old isn't studying math or history, however.
Protecting the environment in Senegal? There's an app for that - World | The Star Online
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hunched over her laptop, eyes locked on the screen, Marième Seye listens to the step-by-step instructions given by her teacher. The 18-year-old isn't studying math or history, however. With 24 other Senegalese students, she is learning to develop a mobile app to raise awareness about the environment.
Senegal: Illegal logging is threatening Casamance forest
Deforestation is threatening Senegal due to illegal logging on the border with The Gambia. An investigation in June revealed that Chinese rosewood imports from Gambia, Senegal’s enclaved neighbor, were the second highest in the whole of West Africa, second only to Nigeria between 2010 and 2015. Yet the Gambia has nearly no forest cover. According to a local NGO, the general misuse of resources across the country is rampant.
Protecting the environment in Senegal? There's an app for that
Bulldozers prepare a field for construction on what is slated to be Senegal's largest solar plant in Santhiou Mekhe, Senegal, July 11, 2016. Picture taken July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Nellie Peyton DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hunched over her laptop, eyes locked on the screen, Marième Seye listens to the step-by-step instructions given by her teacher. The 18-year-old isn't studying math or history, however.
Senegal's farmers adopt new tool to boost harvests: mobile ...
When birds and clouds are no longer an accurate indicator of rain, text messages can step in SIKILO, Senegal June 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Walking through his dry millet field, Alioune Djaby, chief of Sikilo village, waits for a sign that rainfall is coming. Normally, he would look for clouds in the sky or birds singing. This time though, he's expecting a text message from the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology.
Senegal's farmers adopt new tool to boost havests: mobile phones
Normally, he would look for clouds in the sky or birds singing. This time though, he's expecting a text message from the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology. Senegalese farmers have long relied on traditional weather indicators, such as trees blooming or where birds set their nests, to manage their crops. But those have become unreliable as a result of increasingly variable weather patterns in the region.
Senegal's farmers adopt new tool to boost harvests: mobile phones
Normally, he would look for clouds in the sky or birds singing. This time though, he's expecting a text message from the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology. Senegalese farmers have long relied on traditional weather indicators, such as trees blooming or where birds set their nests, to manage their crops. But those have become unreliable as a result of increasingly variable weather patterns in the region.
Senegal's farmers adopt new tool to boost harvests: mobile phones
SIKILO, Senegal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Walking through his dry millet field, Alioune Djaby, chief of Sikilo village, waits for a sign that rainfall is coming. Normally, he would look for clouds in the sky or birds singing. This time though, he's expecting a text message from the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology. Senegalese farmers have long relied on traditional weather indicators, such as trees blooming or where birds set their nests, to manage their crops.
Senegal: Albinos Want Their Own Sunscreen Factory
By Emmanuelle Landais/FMThe Senegalese albino association is calling on the government to set up a sunscreen factory to improve their health. People with albinism are at risk of skin cancer due to inadequate protection from the sun rays. While albinos in Senegal are not facing the violent attacks seen in many parts of Africa, people with albinism there are facing grave and even life threatening discrimination. They lack adequate health care, difficulties accessing education and employment.
Video: Chadian troops join battle against Boko Haram
The arrival of Chadian troops to help combat Boko Haram has raised hopes among Cameroonians living close to the Nigerian border. But after the latest attacks this weekend, the population is demanding further action. A first contingent of heavily armed Chadian forces, equipped with armoured vehicles and combat helicopters, received a heroes' welcome when they marched into northern Cameroon on Saturday.
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