Portal:Senegal/Did you know
Did you know 1
- ... that Demba Diawara persuaded the first group of villages to renounce Female Genital Cutting at Diabougou in Senegal?
Did you know 2
- ... that according to a traditional account, the Ndut and the Palor people of Senegal split as the result of a disagreement between two brothers?
Did you know 3
- ... that the gold rush at Diabougou has made it the largest site of informal mining in Senegal?
Did you know 4
- ... that l'Île de Gorée, a former centre of the Atlantic slave trade from where many Africans were deported to the Americas, is a world heritage site?
Did you know 5
- ... that the newly-elected President of Senegal Macky Sall appointed the technocrat and banker Abdoul Mbaye as prime minister?
Did you know 6
- ... that the wildlife of Senegal includes a critically endangered subspecies of the giant eland and the common Senegal one-striped grass mouse?
Did you know 7
- ... that Niayes, a region of Senegal important for fishing, market gardening, cattle-grazing, and birds, is at risk of desertification?
Did you know 8
- ... that Soham El Wardini is the first female mayor of post-independence Dakar, Senegal?
Did you know 9
- ... that Fatou Kiné Camara campaigns for wider access to abortions in Senegal, which has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Africa?