Senegal plans free internet for one million citizens via satellite antennas, aiming for nationwide coverage, including remote areas, by 2026.

Interested companies have until January 9, 2026, to bid for the contract which is part of the Digital ID for Services and Inclusion Project by the World Bank.

Senegalese Justice Minister Yassine Fall said Dakar will refuse to extradite people wanted by France until it receives a favourable response from Paris to its own extradition requests.

Thousands of new Congolese refugees continue to cross the border into neighbouring Burundi to escape fighting in eastern Congo.

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