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Dakar. The Dakar–Niger Railway ( French: Chemin de fer Dakar-Niger) connects Dakar, Senegal to Koulikoro, Mali. The name refers to the Niger River, not the Republic of Niger. It serves many cities in Senegal, including Thiès, and in Mali, including Kayes, Kita, Kati, Bamako. The line covers a course of 1,287 km of which 641 km lies in Mali.
The Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Sénégal (ORTS) was created in 1973, operating two radio channels and a national television channel. "The programme Chossanie Senegambia... has a higher audience in the Gambia and Senegal than any other programme broadcast by ORTS and Radio Gambia. It is the only programme that goes into the people ...
System length. 55 km (34 mi) Track gauge. 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Electrification. 25 kV 50 Hz OHLE. The Train Express Regional (TER) [ 2] is an airport rail link in Senegal that connects Dakar with Diamniadio and the Blaise Diagne International Airport. [ 3][ 4]
Le Soleil. (Senegal) Le Soleil is a state-run daily newspaper published in Dakar, Senegal and founded in 1970. It was founded as a state-run newspaper by Senegal president Léopold Sédar Senghor at a time when press freedoms were tightly circumscribed. [1] Since Senegal's transition to a democracy in 2000, the state has remained the main ...
PASTEF. The African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity ( French: Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité; PASTEF), or just Patriots of Senegal, is a Senegalese political party founded in 2014 by Ousmane Sonko. [ 2]
23+. Arrested. About 500. The 2023–2024 Senegalese protests broke out in Senegal on 1 June 2023 following opposition leader Ousmane Sonko 's conviction for corrupting young people, which may disqualify him from standing in the 2024 Senegalese presidential election. [1] [2] At least 23 persons died during the protests and about 500 were arrested.
A Senegalese, Abdou Diouf, held the position of its Executive Secretary between 2003 and 2014. Several of the Senegalese languages have the status of "national languages": Wolof, Balanta-Ganja, Arabic, Jola-Fonyi, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Noon (Serer-Noon), Pulaar, Serer, and Soninke . In terms of usage, Wolof is the lingua franca and the ...
The earliest evidence of human life is found in the valley of the Falémé in the south-east. [1]The presence of man in the Lower Paleolithic is attested by the discovery of stone tools characteristic of Acheulean such as hand axes reported by Théodore Monod [2] at the tip of Fann in the peninsula of Cap-Vert in 1938, or cleavers found in the south-east. [3]