The “Tiak Tiak” want additional time
In Dakar, the drivers of “Tiak Tiak” held a press conference yesterday to request additional time with regard to the three-month deadline set by the authorities for the regularization of their sector. Welcoming the initiatives aimed at registering two-wheelers, their spokesperson, Seydina Alioune Fall, took the example of Rwanda, which he considers a model of success in the regulation of the two-wheeler sector, indicating that the extension would allow drivers to finalize their administrative procedures without pressure. Seydina Alioune Fall et Cie believe that the time is too short to regularize all the administrative documents including insurance, driving licenses to carry out their activities. He thus encouraged his colleagues to take the necessary steps to comply with the new standards and travel with complete peace of mind.
An altercation between shepherds and farmers leaves one dead in Koungheul
A dead man. This is the outcome of the violent altercation between shepherds and farmers which broke out in the village of Amdallah, located in the commune of Lour Escale, department of Koungheul, in the region of Kaffrine. This tragic clash led to the death of a shepherd which took place on the night of Wednesday January 8 to Thursday January 9. The altercation was allegedly sparked by a dispute over damage caused by the shepherd’s flock to cultivated fields, according to testimony. According to them, two days earlier, another similar conflict had occurred in the village of Diounto, in the commune of Ida Mouride, leaving two seriously injured following an altercation between farmers and shepherds. These recurring incidents, according to testimonies, highlight the persistence of tensions between these two groups, exacerbated by the management of land and pastoral resources in the region.
Pakala arrested for motorcycle theft
Aged 19 and a mechanic by profession, A. Diop alias “Pakala” is also an outstanding motorcycle thief. Wanted for some time, the mechanic has just fallen into the net of Commissioner Kébé’s men after stealing a motorcycle during the end-of-year party. An arrest which risks hiding many gray areas with a risk of a return to the prosecution for the accused targeted by many complaints. So to be continued…
Driving without a driving license
As part of their regular patrol, the bloodhounds of Parcelles sasainies managed to get their hands on Nd. Diao mechanic and M.Ch. Loum all residents of the Grand Médine district for driving without a driving license and abandoning a vehicle to a third party who does not hold a driving license. This was following a routine check near the stadium of a vehicle driven by Loum; the latter subsequently informed the sleuths that he did not hold a driving license and that it was his friend Diao who gave him the vehicle. Enough then for them to be taken to the premises of the Sanitized Parcels Police to be heard. Questioned in turn, the defendants admitted the facts with which they are accused. This will motivate their referral to the prosecution.
El Malick among religious leaders
Accompanied by several deputies, including the president of the Takku Wallu Senegal parliamentary group, Aïssata Tall Sall, as well as the first quaestor, Aïcha Touré, the president of the National Assembly El Malick Ndiaye visited yesterday the caliph of the Omarian family, in that of Medina Gounass and to the Archbishop of Dakar. The objective of this trip, according to Moustapha Niasse’s successor, is to collect their prayers for the success of his mission. El Malick Ndiaye and his delegation began their visit to the Medina, where he was received by Thierno Madani Tall, caliph of the Omarian family in Dakar. They then went to the residence of Monsignor Benjamin Ndiaye, Archbishop of Dakar, located at Fann Résidence, before ending their tour with Thierno Amadou Tidiane Ba, Caliph General of Medina Gounass, in the Bopp district. It should be noted that El Malick Ndiaye also asked for prayers for the President of the Republic Bassirou Diomaye Faye, and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, so that “their desire to transform the country through the ambitious projects that they plan to carry out are achieved”.
More than 1,000 new baccalaureate graduates integrated into the faculty of medicine and pharmacy
In order to facilitate academic and social integration and support students in their administrative procedures, the Association of Students of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology of the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar organized yesterday a day of integration of new high school graduates. According to the president of the educational commission, this initiative will help these students, estimated at around 1,000 new baccalaureate graduates, to benefit from guidance allowing them to succeed in their university studies. The ceremony was held in the presence of the authorities of the faculty of doctors as well as the Director General of the SEN-National Supply Pharmacy (SENPNA, also sponsor of the event, Seydou Diallo, who urged the students to persevere in studies. In his opinion, this new promotion is called upon to bring the values and ambitions of our health system.
2,000 kg of prohibited products seized in Kaffrine
Colonel Mahmout Fall, head of the Kaffrine customs subdivision, announced that his service has seized more than 2,000 kilograms of prohibited products, the equivalent of which is estimated at nearly 19 billion CFA francs, in 2024. In a interview granted to the APS, he indicated that “as part of the fight against cross-border crime and trafficking of all kinds, the units have carried out a total of sixteen contentious cases and seized some 2,201 kilograms of prohibited products for an equivalent of 18 billion 999 million 726,580 CFA francs. Colonel Mahmout Fall also indicated that 969 kilograms of fake medicines were also seized in six contentious cases in 2024. “The customs subdivision achieved, in 2024, overall results of 348,863,295 CFA francs, i.e. a positive shift by compared to 2023, 24,188,036 CFA francs in absolute value and more than 107% in value absolute, he said.
Irregular migration to Mbour
The prefect of the Mbour department, Amadou Diop, yesterday chaired a meeting of the Departmental Development Committee (CDD), marking the start of the activities of the Departmental Committee to combat irregular emigration, installed on October 3. In his statement he gave excellent news. Indeed, Amadou Diop declared that since November 5, no departure of irregular migrants has been recorded in the said department. According to him, more than 150 candidates for irregular emigration were arrested in Mbour, between October and November 2024. “This meeting aimed to discuss what has been done since October 3, in terms of awareness and arrests. Many departure cases have been thwarted since the capsizing of the migrant canoe off the coast of Mbour last September. This is good news, but we are not resting on our laurels either. I invite stakeholders to increase awareness among populations. Since the 3rd, as you have noticed, more than 150 people, candidates for irregular emigration, have been arrested, the majority consisting of foreigners but also minor children,” he explained.
And Gueusseum buries the hatchet
Meeting yesterday, the Management Board of And Gueusseum announced through a press release the total lifting of the order to withhold health and social information. It commits the Ministry of Health, “in a peaceful and shared perspective of restitution and reporting of health data from January 15, 2025”. The trade unionists say they are responding to “recurring calls from the Minister of Health and Social Action, the most recent of which was made in Ziguinchor on January 6, 2025, at the end of his national tour by which he solemnly invites And Gueusseum to lift the word of health detention after his admission of helplessness in the face of the seriousness of the socio-health situation. And Gueusseum also bases his decision on “the need for a patriotic surge for the sole benefit of the populations” and “the opportune moment to give social peace a chance”. The document recalls that to demand the application of salary increases to contract workers in Public Health Establishments and to workers in local authorities, ASAS And Gueusseum implemented 11 action plans punctuated by strikes and boycotts of all workers. health programs. Thanks to an audience with the Prime Minister, the press release recalls, the Alliance had accepted the truce requested by the authority while maintaining the slogan of retention of health and social data.
04 individuals arrested in Keur Massar
An operation carried out by the Keur Massar territorial brigade resulted in the arrest of four individuals and the seizure of several illegally marketed pharmaceutical products. According to the gendarmerie press release, “on January 7, 2025, information received by the unit revealed that a company called “Plazza Cosmétiques” located in the Mame Dior city of Keur Massar would have been involved in the unauthorized sale of supplements. food and health products. According to the document, the investigations undertaken made it possible to discover that the said company also operated in other localities, notably in Ngor, in HLM and in Parcelles Assainies in Dakar. According to the gendarmerie, “during the raids on the various points of sale, a large quantity of unapproved pharmaceutical products was seized”. The people arrested are placed in police custody for criminal conspiracy, endangering the lives of others, possession and marketing of health products without authorization and illegal advertising of health products.
