Also in summary, in Senegal, the EU observation mission arrived in Dakar. In total it has more than 130 observers, some of which will be deployed on Friday. Malin Björk, Member of the European Parliament and head observer of this mission, was at the microphone Aminatou Diallo, our correspondent in Dakar.
Also in Senegal, 7 people died and several others were injured in the collapse of a building in Dakar, Senegalese President Macky Sall said Wednesday in a message on X. The building collapsed on the night of Monday to Tuesday at 1:00 a.m., the commander of the fire and rescue group of the Fire Brigade in Dakar, Martial Ndione, told AFP.
In Libya, authorities returned 350 Egyptian migrants who were staying illegally in Libya to their country on Wednesday, according to an official. On Tuesday, 323 Nigerians, mostly women, were returned to their country from the airports of Tripoli (northwest) and Benghazi (northeast). In 2023, a total of “23,361 migrants of African and Asian nationalities, most of them from Nigeria” were returned from Libya to their countries, according to this source.
In Niger, a tax of 10 CFA francs per call has been implemented on all calls whose cost exceeds 12 CFA francs. A measure put in place by the current Nigerien authorities who call on the population to show solidarity with their action. It is a compulsory debit but this morning in the streets of Niamey did not seem to displease most network users.
In Janjanbureh, in eastern Gambia, the Kankourang festival celebrates each year this traditional figure from Mandinka mythology. Three days of parades and shows, which aim to perpetuate a tradition threatened with extinction. Laurent Berstecher
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