Category Archives: Senegal

At Last: Senegalese Tirailleurs now allowed to receive their pension while living in Senegal

re posted from                                                  AFROLEGENDS

At Last: Senegalese Tirailleurs now allowed to receive their pension while living in Senegal

Inauguration of the Place des Tirailleurs-Sénégalais with Tirailleurs aged over 90-years-old on 10 March 2023 (Source: Sylvie Koffi, RFI)

Nine Senegalese tirailleurs, men who served

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Africarail -Voir l’Afrique avec les yeux du futur

le développement des chemins de fer à grande vitesse dans toute l’Afrique de l’Ouest!

Source: Sebastien Perimony

Africarail + – Voir l’Afrique avec les yeux du futur #6

26 March 2023

6 ème épisode de ma série Youtube “Voir l’Afrique avec les yeux du futur” consacré au projet AFRICARAIL + Read the rest

OIC, African Group Revive Dakar-Port Sudan Railway Project

re posted from                                       RAILBUS

“Ambassador Hameed Opeloyeru, the then OIC Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs, announced an alliance with the African Union as the sponsor of the Dakar-Djibouti transport project, which is similar to the OIC scheme.”

“The Dakar-Port Sudan railroad project, which OIC unveiled during the Islamic Summit … Read the rest

The World’s Wealthiest Poor Continent

re posted from                          MSINGI AFRIKA

The World`s Wealthiest Poor Continent

by Anselm Adodo            November 1 , 2020

The western, capitalist narrative that Agriculture will save Africa is false and misleading. No nation has ever become developed by focusing on subsistence farming or Agriculture. The surest way to wealth creation is … Read the rest

Africa`s Historic Day : January 1, 2021

Africa`s Historic Day : January 1, 2021

by PD Lawton   6 January 2021

We have to take active steps to dismantle the colonial economic model that we inherited and that we sustained over the last 50 years . We have to stop being exporters of primary products to countries Read the rest