Landmines and armed attacks in Senegal's Casamance region are preventing farmers from maximizing production from the region's fertile soil, but there is another problem, too: not enough young people are taking up farming, residents and experts say.
Farmers are complaining about a lack of technical assistance and the poor quality of seeds they've planted this year in the Kaolack region, Senegal's groundnut-producing area, 200 kilometres south of the capital Dakar.
The Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars would now face Senegal in the second rounds of the Africa home base championship, CHAN.
DUNCAN Mugabe will once again play Italian seed three Claudio Grassi in the second round of the Senegal F2 Futures tennis tournament in Dakar today, after overcoming American Janicije Karic in straight sets (6-2 6-0) in the first round on Monday.
Eliminated in the second round of the singles round of the International Tennis Federation( ITF) Futures Circuit in Senegal midweek, Uganda's lone ranger Duncan Mugabe kept the national flag flying high by reaching the doubles final.
Information reaching Foroyaa, recently, has disclosed that clashes have taken place between the Senegalese Army and unidentified armed groups in the southern region of the country (Casamance). Residents in the area believe that the two factions are fighting in the region, causing many people to flee their homes.
Uganda's top tennis player Duncan Mugabe will face the toughest duel of his budding career when he takes on seed two Claudio Grassi of Italy in the second round of the Senegal F1 Futures Tennis Circuit today.
It is disheartening to learn that peace is still absent in Senegalese southern region of Cassamance. The parties to the conflict should resort to adressing matters by peaceful means.
It is disheartening to learn that peace is still absent in Senegalese southern region of Cassamance. The parties to the conflict should resort to adressing matters by peaceful means.
Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Division of the Banjul High Court on Tuesday 20 October, issued a stern warning in the case of the sixteen men charged with terrorism related matters, that if the state fails to comply with the Court order to file in the proper indictment and a formal charge sheet before the Court, he would have no options but to consider hearing applications for bail ...
SENEGALESE President Abdoulaye Wade has asked leaders in Africa to desist from religious divisions for a better future. Wade said religion had divided people, thus hindering development.
