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Newspaper stand, Dakar, 2008. The reading public for Senegal's diverse press is largely limited to Dakar and Thies. Le Soleil is the quasi-official daily. Other major popular independent newspapers include the dailies Sud Quotidien, WalFadjri, Le Quotidien, Le Matin, Le Populaire, Il Est Midi, and the economic weekly Nouvel Horizon.
The reading public for Senegal's diverse press is largely limited to Dakar and Thies. [1] The quasi-official Le Soleil is a daily newspaper. Other major popular independent newspapers include the dailies Sud Quotidien, WalFadjri, Le Quotidien, Le Matin, Le Populaire, Il Est Midi, and the economic weekly Nouvel Horizon. National newspapers are ...
The National Archives of Senegal (Archives Nationales du Sénégal) is headquartered in Dakar, in the Central Park building on Avenue Malick Sy. It was first called Archives Nationales in 1962, but the collection existed since 1913 as the archives of the colonial French West Africa administration. It moved from Saint-Louis to Dakar after 1958. [1]
The location of Senegal An enlargeable map of the Republic of Senegal. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Senegal: . Senegal – sovereign country located south of the Sénégal River in West Africa. [1]
Dakar (/ d ɑː ˈ k ɑːr, d æ-/ UK also: / ˈ d æ k ɑːr /; [4] French:; Wolof: Ndakaaru) [5] is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Dakar is situated on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of ...
1905 – Brest-Dakar telegraph in operation. [4] 1907 Government Palace built. [10] L'A.O.F. newspaper begins publication. [11] 1908 – Harbor constructed. [4] 1913 Democratie du Senegal newspaper begins publication. [11] National Archives of Senegal formed. [12] 1914 Train station opens. [5] Bubonic plague epidemic. [13] 1918
DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegal opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among the country's disaffected youth, was set to be declared the next president after his main ...
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 shareholder. [1]