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Dakar Drives Green: Africa’s Pioneering Electric BRT Network Launches January 2024

Temitope Nlewemchi — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:14:13 +0000

In January 2024, the bustling metropolis of Dakar, Senegal, is poised to embrace a groundbreaking shift in its public transportation landscape with the introduction of Africa’s first-ever 100% electric Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. This transformative initiative, a collaboration between the private entity Dakar Mobilité and the Senegalese government under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), marks [...]

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The Dakar Rally

Adewale A. — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:08:51 +0000

The Dakar Rally is one of the most famous motor races in the world. Since its inception in 1978, the rally has attracted participants and fans from all over the world. Despite the inclusion of “rally” in the name, the Dakar Rally is actually an off-road endurance race. It is something that is actually known [...]

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#BringBackOurGirls: Dozens of women’s rights activists from Senegal protest Nigerian schoolgirls’ abduction

Ade Adewale — Mon, 12 May 2014 18:03:08 +0000

Dozens of women's rights activists took to the streets of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Monday to denounce the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria by Islamist militants. Members of 20 organisations who had come together near the Nigerian…

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