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Live music calendar: July 4–13, 2025
Experimental, instrumental surf rockers Daikaiju will play Bar Two Eleven on July 12. (Photo courtesy of Daikaiju) Tuesday Tunes featuring SpaceBand 6–8 p.m. Tuesday, July 8 Barkley Village Green, 2215 Rimland Drive Every Tuesday evening for the...

Three Ways To Experience Canada’s Fabulous Folk Art Biennale
Trinity's historic buildings are hosting several Bonavista Bienale installations this year. PHOTO BY JOE YOGERST Venice laid the groundwork with the 1895 debut of an ambitious art, architecture and innovation show that takes place every two years...

In Senegal, the world’s most expensive sheep face off in a beauty contest
Open this photo in gallery:The Ladoum beauty pageant in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday, features more than a dozen Ladoum sheep competing in three different categories. Prive, on the right, was the winner of this year's Best Male Adult...

Senegal striker on Sunderland's radar but they face Premier League competition
15:50, 30 Jun 2025 Sunderland are among the Premier League clubs plotting a move for Senegalese striker Sambou Soumano. According to Football Insider, the Black Cats, Brentford and Burnley are the frontrunners for the 24-year-old, following his...

Under the Influence: New Orleans-based social media personalities dish on the city’s best spots
Photo by Jenny Salazar Caitlin Minshew @eatingwithcaitt • 41.7k followers • Native, current resident of Jefferson Parish Can’t Miss for Breakfast: Red Dog Diner on Magazine Street. I absolutely love the crab cake Benedict and bananas foster French...
In Senegal, luxury sheep shine at a beauty contest and fetch a high price
DAKAR, Senegal — The regal creatures are led into the open arena, stamping their groomed hooves as if to acknowledge the cheers, music and fireworks from the crowd of spectators. Their majestic figures embody pride and status, their towering size,...

MEDIA ADVISORY - Islamic Development Bank Group to Participate in the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)
Jeddah, 27 June 2025 – The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group will participate in the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in Seville, Spain. This high-level global forum,...

Better signing than Diarra: Sunderland now targeting "fantastic" £18m star
Sunderland have raced out of the blocks at a serious speed when it comes to securing early deals in the summer transfer window. Already, the Black Cats have splashed out £20m to win Enzo Le Fee permanently, with another £30m soon to be dropped on...

SHE & Rights Media Awards To 8 Journalists In African And Asia Pacific Regions
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 5:00 pm Press Release: CNS “As we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and its Platform for Action (1995) this year, we are called to reflect not only on how far we have come but how far we must still...

CHAN 2024: Home Eagles To Face Holders Senegal In First Game
The home-based Super Eagles will open their campaign at the 2024 African Nations Championship, CHAN, against holders Senegal. The encounter is slated for the Amman Stadium, Zanzibar on Tuesday, 7 August. Eric Chelle’s men will be up against Sudan...

Media Moves: Klipdrift in expanded sponsorship with Boks, Nederburg targets new generation of wine lovers, chance to apply for creative-tech incubation programme
The Media Online’s weekly round up of people, account and business moves in media. This week’s BIG move: Klipdrift confirmed as the official brandy sponsor of South African rugby Klipdrift has announced a renewed and expanded sponsorship deal with...

Xi meets Ecuadorian president, Senegalese PM in Beijing
Top news Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday. The two foreign leaders had just concluded their participation in the 2025 Summer Davos forum in...

Amina Buddafly Net Worth 2025: Music, Reality TV, and Solo Career
Amina Buddafly, the German-born R&B sensation who audiences on VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: New York,” has experienced a dramatic shift in her finances as of 2025. With an estimated net worth ranging between $100,000 $400,000, the multi-talented artist...

Premier Li hails fruitful results in China-Senegal cooperation
Premier Li Qiang on Friday spoke highly of the fruitful results China and Senegal have achieved in their cooperation during a meeting with Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday. Li said over the years, China and Senegal have...

Who is Habib Diarra? Sunderland's Jobe Bellingham successor set to sign for record fee
Fee agreed ©IMAGO Sunderland are set to kick-start their return to the Premier League in dramatic fashion, as the Black Cats finalise a deal that will break their club transfer record. According to multiple reports, the promoted club are set to...
Chinese premier meets Senegal's counterpart
BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Prime Minister of Senegal Ousmane Sonko in Beijing on Friday. Li said over the years, China and Senegal have respected each other, treated each other as equals, and carried out...

Monaco strengthens Olympic ties with Senegal ahead of Dakar 2026
With less than two years until the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Monaco has reaffirmed its commitment to international sporting cooperation by hosting a delegation from the Senegalese Olympic Committee… The visit, which included an audience with...

500 Days To Dakar 2026: Youth Charter Launches Global Call 2 Action For Sport, Youth And Peace
(MENAFN- APO Group) With 500 days to go until the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games , the Youth Charter ( ) has launched a Global Call 2 Action to establish a bold new legacy vision for Africa and the world through sport, education, and community...

Burkina Faso: one year after Serge Oulon’s abduction, RSF presses Senegalese ambassador on missing and forcibly conscripted journalists
At a press conference organised on 13 May by the Burkina Faso embassy in Senegal and Senegalese MP Guy Marius Sagna to show support for Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s leader, Ambassador Saïdou Maïga said that “the doors of the embassy”...

Aliou Goloko joins race for president of Senegalese football federation
- Advertisement - By Nuhu Adams Aliou Goloko, a football journalist and consultant, has officially entered the race for the presidency of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), unveiling an ambitious and inclusive vision to transform football...