Senegal Current Affairs, GK & News

India-Senegal MoUs

Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu, reached Senegal (West Africa), on June 2, 2022 and led delegation level talks with President of Senegal (H.E. Mr Macky Sall). Highlights During the talks, Vice President of India assured India’s continued commitment to Senegal, in a bid to support socio-economic development of Senegal by means of bilateral, ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2022

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) • India-Senegal • India–Senegal relations • Senegal

Sadio Mane named African Footballer of the year

27-year-old Senegalese forward Sadio Mane was named as the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Men’s player of the year  2019 on Tuesday, 7th January 2020 after beating the likes of his Liverpool teammate and Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and Algerian and Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez. Sadio Mane became the second Senegalese after El Hadji-Diouf, ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: Algeria • Barcelona • Cameroon • Confederation of African Football • Egypt • Liverpool • Mohamed Salah • Nigeria • Sadio Mane • Senegal

India Signs Christchurch Call to Action

India has decided to sign an international call initiated by the governments of France and New Zealand along with top social media companies to eliminate the violent and terrorist content online. Christchurch Call to Action Christchurch Call to Action was initiated after the Christchurch attacks. Christchurch Call to Action was signed and adopted with participation ..

Topics: Australia • Canada • Christchurch attacks • Christchurch Call to Action • Daily Motion • European Commission • Facebook • France • Free Speech • Germany • Google • Indonesia • Ireland • Japan • Jordan • Microsoft • Netherlands • New Zealand • Norway • Qwant • Senegal • Spain • Sweden • Twitter • UK • YouTube

AFINDEX-19

Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-19) between the Indian Army and 16 African nations will be conducted in Pune from March 18 to 27. Features of AFINDEX-19 10 personnel, each from the participating nations from the African continent and personnel of Maratha Light Infantry of the Indian Army will participate in the joint exercise. The joint exercise would be held ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019

Category: Defence Current Affairs

Topics: AFINDEX-19 • Africa • Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise • Democratic Republic of Congo • Egypt • Ghana • India-Africa • Madagascar • Maratha Light Infantry • Mozambique • Namibia • Niger • Nigeria • Rwanda • Senegal • South Africa • Sudan • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia

Macky Sall elected as President of Senegal

Macky Sall has been re-elected for a second term as President of Senegal with a 58% majority in the first round voting in February 2019 Senegalese presidential election. The President of Senegal is elected using the two-round system; a candidate must receive over 50% of the vote to be elected in the first round. If ..

Topics: Abdoulaye Wade • Countries • Elections • In Senegal • Macky Sall • Senegal • Senegalese presidential election • Two-round system