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Dismantling patriarchy: how Senegal's school for husbands turns men into family men
IOL
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August 21, 2025
I recently scrolled past an Instagram post that made me pause. It was about Senegal’s “school for husbands”, a United Nations-backed initiative where men are taught to share family responsibilities, from childcare to making health decisions...
Reaching for the Stars: China’s Growing Space Diplomacy
The Diplomat
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August 29, 2025
In recent years, China’s outer space diplomacy and exploration has grown exponentially, especially as China readies itself to send its first human astronaut to the moon before 2030. However, beyond the moon, China has grown its space engagements,...
Take Five: Did you say sell tech?
740 The Fan - North Dakota
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August 22, 2025
(Reuters) -Nvidia earnings are in the spotlight as pressure on tech stocks rises, while Ukraine and political developments in Japan could also grab attention. Here’s what coming up in the week ahead in financial markets from Lewis Krauskopf and...
Senegal: Families Internally Displaced by Floods in Limbo
Human Rights Watch
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August 18, 2025
For nine years, in Khar Yalla, authorities have effectively abandoned Senegalese families internally displaced from the Langue de Barbarie peninsula by coastal floods, violating their rights to an adequate standard of living, education, health,...
Exploring the role of women in supporting democracy: preliminary insights from Senegal, West Africa
Northeastern Global News - Massachusetts
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August 21, 2025
“Senegal is one of Africa’s success stories,” says William Miles, a political science professor at Northeastern. Political scientists Martha Johnson, left, and William Miles, right, pictured with West African Research Center Director Ousmane Sene....
Senegal's ‘schools for husbands’ aim to shift gender roles and keep mothers from dying
The Independent
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August 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
A letter from Adja: Young People are the heart of Africa’s F...
Modern Ghana
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Dear Leaders, Policymakers, and Partners of the Africa Food Systems Forum, My name is Adja Boudy Kanté. I am 32 years old, a mother, and a proud young entrepreneur from Senegal. I come from Guediawaye, just outside Dakar, and I've dedicated my...
AfDB, Invest in Africa sign $850,000 Grant Agreement to boost Inclusive Green Jobs in Ghana, Senegal
Realnews Magazine
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August 20, 2025
Business THE African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has signed a $850,000 grant agreement with Invest in Africa (IIA), a non-profit organization, to support the MicroGREEN project to provide livelihood opportunities for marginalized and...
In South Side, Adesokan explores displacement, identity, mystery of being
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 30, 2025
The central character of Akin Adesokan’s recently published novel, South Side, is an author struggling with finding a voice and a place in world where identities and loyalties shift like the grains of sand in an hourglass. Adesokan, himself a...
Thomas Tuchel has a clear England vision - but one major change is needed at World Cup 2026
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
FAO, AOAC partner to strengthen food safety labs in West Africa
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 29, 2025
WEST AFRICA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has joined forces with the Africa Section of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC International Sub-Sahara) to launch a programme aimed at...
Scientists discover how terrifying cancer-causing parasitic worm can penetrate your body... without you feeling a thing
Daily Mail
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August 13, 2025
If a worm was trying to burrow into your skin, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd feel it gnawing at your flesh—but scientists have identified how one wriggling parasite does so without you noticing. Schistosoma mansoni—also known as a blood...
Job opportunity: IFC seeks Operations Analyst in Senegal
ESI Africa
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August 18, 2025
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking a highly motivated Operations Analyst to join the team in Senegal and support the region. Closing date: 28 August 2025 The Operations Analyst will join the Financial Institutions Group (FIG),...
Senegal: Solar + storage project leads the way in West Africa
ESI Africa
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August 12, 2025
Described as a first for West Africa, a solar PV installation with battery storage project dedicated to frequency regulation has been commissioned in Senegal. The Walo Storage project in Bokhol is already connected to the National Electricity...
Off to Africa, outgoing climate change envoy aims to spread gospel of Israel’s green tech
The Times of Israel
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August 18, 2025
Few figures in Israel’s environment and climate scene are as energetic, ubiquitous, diplomatic and positive as Gideon Behar, who is wrapping up more than five years as the country’s special envoy for climate change and sustainability under the...
NASA’s Duffy Proposes Scrapping Earth Science Division for Space Focus
WebProNews
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August 15, 2025
In a surprising turn at NASA’s helm, Acting Administrator Sean Duffy has publicly advocated for dismantling the agency’s Earth science division, a move that could reshape the space agency’s priorities amid tightening budgets and shifting political...
Thomas Tuchel apologises to Jude Bellingham over ‘repulsive’ comment
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
UAE, Senegal unite to boost water investment across Africa
GCC Business News
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August 15, 2025
The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Senegal, co-hosts of the 2026 UN Water Conference, have partnered to advance the water investment agenda in Africa ahead of the event. In collaboration with AUDA-NEPAD, the Children’s Investment Fund...
Senegal Debuts Pioneering Solar and Battery Facility to Stabilize Grid
News Ghana
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August 7, 2025
A new hybrid energy facility in northern Senegal promises to transform electricity reliability while accelerating renewable adoption. Walo Storage, commissioned July 14th in Bokhol, represents West Africa’s first solar power plant integrated with...
UAE, Senegal strengthen partnership on water investment in Africa
Zawya
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Today at the Africa Water Investment Summit, the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Senegal, as co-hosts of the 2026 UN Water Conference, in partnership with AUDA-NEPAD, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Global Water Partnership...