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The Latest Breaking News from Senegal

Sadio Mane favourite to beat Mohamed Salah to African Footballer of the Year award

Mane helped Senegal win their first Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year

The Independent UK

Egypt Name Former Benfica Boss Rui Vitoria as New Coach

Rui Vitoria has signed a four-year contract to take over as coach of Egypt, the country´s football association said on Tuesday. The 52-year-old former Benfica manager is Egypt's third coach this year and will be tasked with restoring their position among the continent´s top sides after they failed to qualify…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mahrez, Salah among African Player of the Year Contenders

Former Liverpool teammates Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are among 10 stars shortlisted for the 2022 African Player of the Year award, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Monday. Salah won the award in 2017 and 2018 and Mane in 2019.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Jurgen Klopp plays down Liverpool concerns after Sadio Mane exit - "it was always clear"

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool were forced to sell Sadio Mane to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich last month after the Senegal international refused to extend his contract

Daily Mirror

Two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease reported in Ghana

The World Health Organization is waiting for the samples, taken from two unrelated patients, to be processed in Senegal before officially confirming the cases.

ABC News

Sadio Mane defied Liverpool wishes after club wrote to FIFA to stop him playing

Sadio Mane helped Senegal winning the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year but Liverpool tried to stop him playing after he suffered concussion

Liverpool Echo

‘Fonio just grows naturally’: could ancient indigenous crops ensure food security for Africa?

Calls are growing to invest more in the continent’s traditional grains as a way to break its reliance on imported wheat, rice and maize

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Morocco and Senegal move into knockout stages at women's Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco and Senegal advanced to the knockout stages from Group A at the women's Africa Cup with victories over Uganda and Burkina Faso respectively.

Radio France Internationale

COVID hurt West and Central Africa's small-scale fishers. They need more support

From Senegal through Ghana to Cameroon, small-scale fishing is both a livelihood and a way of life for people in coastal parts of West and Central Africa, with more than two million small-scale fishers. It has been this way for centuries – but that is changing.

The Conversation

Senegal opposition postpones protest to spare Muslim festivities

Senegal's main opposition coalition called off planned protests on Wednesday to avoid disrupting end-of-school exams and preparations for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday early next month, one of its leaders Ousmane Sonko said.

Reuters

Senegal court hands down prison sentence to opposition MP over protests

A Senegal court Tuesday handed an opposition MP a six-month suspended prison sentence for defying a ban on protests in the tense run-up to legislative elections in July. Another lawmaker and 82 other defendants tried in the same case were released.

Radio France Internationale

We (Nous) review – a tender homage to the unnoticed

French-Senegalese film-maker Alice Diop offers a sensitive portrayal of the disparate communities that live along one of Paris’s commuter rail lines

The Guardian - UK

Borussia Dortmund chief slams "arrogant idiots" in reaction to Sadio Mane comments

Sadio Mane's move from Liverpool to Bayern Munich has come in for some criticism, with former Reds striker Dean Saunders among those to question the Senegal international's decision

Daily Mirror

Jurgen Klopp named as 'main' reason for why Sadio Mane left Liverpool

Trevor Sinclair has claimed Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is one of three reasons why Sadio Mane decided to leave

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France 24

Cashew processing a tough nut to crack for Ivory Coast

Ivorian cashew processors face an uphill battle. Their bid to expand into processing faces competition from Asia. Also, Mali is sanctioned but Senegal loses out. The economic interdependence between the neighbours has left Senegalese traders struggling to cope with the knock-on effects of penalties imposed on Bamako. And amid months…

The Hindu

Sadio Mané signs for Bayern after six trophy-laden years at Liverpool

After Bayern Munich completed the signing of Senegal forward Sadio Mané for a fee of €32 million, Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp called him one of the club’s greatest players ever

Reuters

Senegal's opposition supporters bang pots and pans in noisy protest

Senegalese honked car horns and banged on pots and pans in the capital Dakar on Wednesday evening in the latest protest organised by the political opposition ahead of legislative elections next month.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mané Joins Bayern, Leaves as a ‘Modern-Day Liverpool Icon’

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described Sadio Mané as a "modern-day icon" of the English club after the Senegal forward's move to Bayern Munich for 32 million euros ($33.5 million) was finalized on Wednesday. "It’s a big moment - there is no point in anyone trying to pretend otherwise," Klopp said.

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Daily Mirror

Mohamed Salah sends parting message to Sadio Mane after Bayern Munich transfer

Sadio Mane's £35.1m transfer to Bayern Munich has been confirmed and former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah has wished the Senegal international the best of luck with the Bundesliga giants

Radio France Internationale

German champions Bayern Munich draft in Senegal striker Mané from Liverpool

German champions Bayern Munich on Wednesday completed the signing of the Senegal striker Sadio Mané.

France 24

Africa to soon produce its own Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa

In tonight's edition: A new deal paves the way for the development of the first African-owned Covid-19 vaccines. Cape Town-based Afrigen is working with a Belgian biotech company to develop mRNA shots. Also, Kenya has no reproductive health legislation but the public is going to give its input on a…

Liverpool Echo

Sadio Mane has transformed the lives of African villagers with hospital build and school donations

Sadio Mane continues to transform the lives of those living in his native Senegal with heart-warming charity work

Daily Mirror

Sadio Mane continues to transform home town in Senegal with staggering generosity

Anfield hero Sadio Mane is set to leave Liverpool for Bayern Munich but this has not stopped the winger from visiting Bambali to continue to develop his home town

Belfast Live

Co Tyrone football player on joy of Senegalese kids after presented with local club jerseys

Coalisland native Marty Hughes travelled with a group of players from Northern Ireland as organised by Portadown club Ambassadors FC

The Conversation

Africa's smaller cities are usually overlooked: they shouldn't be

Often when one thinks or writes about urbanisation in Africa, mega-cities or primary cities like Lagos, Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Kampala, come to mind. Little, however, is written about places like Gabés in Tunisia, Touba-Mbacké in Senegal, or Ibadan in Nigeria. Yet these are just three of an estimated 885…

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