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Ignazio Cassis concludes his African tour in Senegal and The Gambia Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Bern, 13.02.2021 - Following his visit to Algeria and Mali, the head of the FDFA, Ignazio Cassis, travelled to Senegal on 11 February 2021 for a two-day visit. In Dakar he met Senegalese President Macky Sall and Foreign Minister Aissata Tall Sall. At the centre of discussions were the priorities of Switzerland s new Sub-Saharan Africa Strategy 2021–24 and Swiss engagement in Senegal regarding vocational education and training and digitalisation. Mr Cassis then travelled to The Gambia, where various official meetings and visits were on the programme.
Prosperity and sustainability lie at the heart of Switzerland s new Sub-Saharan Africa Strategy 2021–24. During his meeting with President Macky Sall, Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis acknowledged the great economic potential of Senegal, which belongs to the region of the economic lionesses : A s
Swiss foreign minister concludes visit to North and West Africa
Swiss Foreign Minister visited a school in Sikasso in southern Mali. Switzerland supports educational programmes for children displaced in the region. FDFA
Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has ended his week-long tour of North and West Africa with vists to Senegal and Gambia, where talks focused on economic development, climate change, human rights and water security.
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Following his visit to Algeria and Mali, the Swiss minister travelled to Senegal on February 11 for a two-day visit. In Dakar he met Senegalese President Macky Sall and Foreign Minister Aissata Tall Sall.
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The military took control of several hectares of cannabis. These are industrial farms of Indian hemp that fed the criminal economy of the armed gangs, Kande said.
Recent years had seen a return to relative calm to the region, with Sall s election in 2012 bringing about several attempts at peace, all of which failed.
Senegal s army said Tuesday it has captured three rebel bases in the southern Casamance region with support from neighboring Guinea-Bissau, after fighting flared up in a long-dormant independence conflict.
The conflict in Casamance, which is separated from the rest of Senegal by The Gambia, is one of Africa s oldest and has claimed thousands of lives since it first broke out in 1982.