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US basketball training for Senegal cancelled after visas rejected
KNOX Radio - North Dakota
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June 20, 2025
A training camp for the Senegalese women's basketball team in the US has been scrapped, with the West African nation's prime minister saying he cancelled it because some of the squad were denied US visas. Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said the team...
The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel: 5 Destinations Black Women Should Escape To This Summer
Essence
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June 20, 2025
Longer days and warmer weather can only mean one thing—summer is finally here! The season’s heat instantly invokes daydreams of strolls through quaint neighborhoods, outdoor dining, and sunset sails on crystal clear waters. It’s easy to see why...
Here Are The Countries With The Highest Rabies Risk As Doctors Warn UK Holidaymakers
HuffPost UK
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June 20, 2025
Plane window Speaking on This Morning, Dr Zoe Williams recently advised holiday makers to “check which countries you’re at risk for rabies.” Whether you’ll be going for a long period of time, expecting to work with animals, or hoping to try some...
IHG to bring Holiday Inn hotel brand to Dakar, Senegal
Hotel Management Network
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June 20, 2025
IHG Hotels & Resorts has entered a new franchise agreement with real estate construction company Senegindia to introduce the Holiday Inn SD City Dakar in Senegal. Set to launch in 2027, the hotel will feature 150 rooms and is part of IHG’s...
US refuses visas for members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team, says its PM
The Straits Times
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June 19, 2025
Senegal Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko told his country’s minister of sports to cancel what was to have been a 10-day training camp in the US.PHOTO: AFP DAKAR – The United States rejected visa applications for members of Senegal’s women’s basketball...
Tanzania seeks travel truce with US to avoid visa ban
Zawya
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Tanzania has opened negotiations with Washington in an attempt to circumvent the latest restrictions imposed by the Donald Trump administration on citizens of African countries planning to travel to the US. This followed the State Department’s...
US refuses visa for members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team: PM
The Sun Daily
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June 19, 2025
DAKAR: The United States rejected visa applications for multiple members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team which was scheduled to train in the country, the country’ prime minister said Thursday, as he cancelled the group’s participation in the...
Senegal heap historic defeat on England as first African team
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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June 11, 2025
England were booed off after being well beaten by a vibrant Senegal in an international friendly at the City Ground on Tuesday night. Captain Harry Kane gave his side an early lead, tapping home after Anthony Gordon’s shot was parried, before...
US warns of expanded travel ban that could affect key African markets
ICEF Monitor
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June 19, 2025
"The United States is considering restricting entry to citizens of an additional 36 countries in what would be a significant expansion of the travel ban announced by the Trump administration early this month," reports The Washington Post. The...
Tuchel told England don’t sit among ‘top six’ of ‘big boys’
Goal
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Thomas Tuchel has been told that England do not sit in the “top five or six” of football’s “big boys” as he plots a bid for 2026 World Cup glory. WHAT HAPPENED? Ex-Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain boss Tuchel has stepped into the international...
IHG Hotels & Resorts to Bring Holiday Inn Brand to Senegal, Marking Strategic Expansion in West Africa
Hospitality Net
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June 19, 2025
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hospitality companies, has announced the signing of a franchise agreement with Senegindia SA to bring Holiday Inn SD City Dakar in Senegal. Scheduled to open in 2027, the 150-rooms hotel will mark...
US threatens 36 more countries with travel bans — mapped
The Times
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The Trump administration has given dozens of countries an ultimatum to improve the vetting of their travellers to the US or risk being blacklisted. The State Department identified 36 countries in danger of joining the 12 already subject to US...
Seventeen thousand Senegalese students enrolled in France
Sene News
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June 19, 2025
France has 17,000 Senegalese students enrolled in higher education, a figure that reflects the vitality of educational cooperation between the two countries, said the French ambassador to Senegal, Christine Fages. “Today, there are 17,000...
Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday
Metro
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June 19, 2025
Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...
Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday
Metro
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June 19, 2025
Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...
Liberia: President Boakai Sets Up Special Taskforce to Address Potential U.S. Travel Ban
Front Page Africa
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June 19, 2025
The Executive Mansion says President Boakai has already chaired the first meeting of the special taskforce. Credit: Executive Mansion. President Boakai has set up a special committee to investigate growing concerns of a possible US travel ban on...
Trump travel ban, new revenue-sharing model create uncertainty for international college athletes
The New York Times
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June 19, 2025
Moses Jean-Pierre is the son of two Haitian immigrants. He grew up near Boston, where his mother would cook for any child in the neighborhood who looked hungry, regardless of whether the family knew them. His parents were the “cornerstone” of...
More Than an Expo
Beijing Review
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The 2025 (China) Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo opens in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on June 26 (LI FANGFANG) For Iranian businessman Behzad Nouri, his first trip to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, one of...
Australian neighbours in possible new 36-nation US travel ban, but America-bound Aussie travel grows
KARRYON
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June 16, 2025
The memo, seen by The Washington Post, shows the new restrictions would apply to 25 African nations, including Egypt, as well as numerous countries in the Caribbean and Central Asia. Multiple Pacific Island nations also feature in the list,...
Trump Administration May Possibly Add 36 Countries To Latest Travel Ban List
Travel Noire
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June 18, 2025
The Trump administration may subject 36 countries to full or partial travel bans, which would extend the list of 19 countries it restricted earlier this month. The Washington Post relayed a list of the allegedly proposed 36 countries. The outlet...