DAKAR (CONVERSEER) – Senegalese authorities have arrested more than a dozen individuals, mostly foreigners, in a major crackdown on a drug trafficking network operating in Dakar. The operation, led by the Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (OCRTIS), was based on actionable intelligence indicating intense trafficking activity in the capital. Law enforcement…
ABIDJAN (CONVERSEER) – The Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara is hosting Senegalese Head of State Bassirou Diomaye Faye as he participates in the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye left Dakar on Sunday morning for Abidjan to attend the forum, scheduled for May 11 and 12, 2025. Upon his arrival, the Senegalese leader…
BANJUL (CONVERSEER) – The Gambian government has published a comprehensive inventory of assets confiscated from exiled former President Yahya Jammeh, totaling over 1.24 billion Gambian dalasis (approximately $17 million). Released by the Ministry of Justice on Friday, May 9, 2025, the documents detail the liquidation and transfer of financial holdings, real estate, vehicles, equipment, and…
MOSCOW (CONVERSEER) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday held bilateral talks with some African and Palestinian Authority leaders. The African countries whose leaders were present were Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso. According to Africannews, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore arrived in Moscow to take part…
MOSCOW (CONVERSEER) – Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is forging stronger diplomatic and parliamentary ties with Russia, signaling a deepening partnership between the two nations. The Burkinabe Head of State, during a high-stakes visit to Moscow, met with members of the State Duma, Russia’s national parliament, as part of a series of engagements to…
