Day: March 24, 2024

The President of the Republic, who fulfilled his civic duty on Sunday at the Thierno Mamadou Sall Center, hoped that the Senegalese 'would be able to go vote and return peacefully' home, stressing that Senegal had ' a proven electoral system'. ''I hope that all our compatriots can go and vote and return home peacefully knowing that we have a proven electoral system,'' he declared as he left office 3 of the Thierno Mamadou Sall center, in the commune of Fatick. 'All the candidates are represented in the polling stations, as are representatives of the autonomous national electoral commission (CENA),' he added. He noted that 'it is at the end of the vote, this evening that the results will be published in front of each polling station and just after that the departmental vote counting commissions will take action (…)'. And the Constitutional Council will give the final results, he continued. Macky Sall, who is not a candidate for his own succession, recalled that it is neither up to a candidate nor a camp to proclaim the results. ''Tonight the polling stations will speak and reflect the choice of the Senegalese. We hope that this choice will be the best for the Senegalese,'' he said, accompanied by his wife the First Lady, Marième Faye Sall. Macky Sall, in power for 12 years, is not running for a new term after serving two at the head of the country. He said he was 'moved' to sacrifice his duty as a citizen on this presidential election day. He thanked the people of Senegal for their support during the 12 years he spent at the head of the country. The Senegalese are going to the polls this Sunday to elect a new President of the Republic, the final stage of an electoral process whose implementation with forceps has tested the institutional foundations of the country like never before. In total, 7,371,890 voters are called to the polls to elect the successor of Macky Sall, in power for 12 years and who is not running for a new mandate after having served two at the head of the country. Nineteen candidates in cluding one woman are in the running for the vote. Source: Burkina Information Agency Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian Airlines Group hosted an Iftar Dinner program for Muslim community and diplomatic representatives tonight in the capital Addis Ababa. Iftar, held at the Skylight Hotel, brought together dignitaries from various embassies, diplomatic missions and the Muslim community residing in the capital as well as prominent figures of the Muslim community and government officials. Accordingly, the Iftar program was attended by Ethiopian Airlines Group leadership, including CEO Mesfin Tasew, Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council President Haji Ibrahim Tofa, government officials and diplomats. The Iftar Dinner program hosted by Ethiopian Airlines, the largest network operating carrier in Africa to express its appreciation for the Muslim faithful and commitment to fostering interfaith cooperation, it was learned. Source: Ethiopian News Agency Tunis: Some 505 Tunisians have been hired overseas as part of technical cooperation since the beginning of the year and up to the end of February 2024, some 40% of whom work in the paramedical sector. A slight drop in recruitment has been recorded compared with 549 hired in the same period last year, according to statistics released by the Tunisian Agency for Technical Cooperation (ATCT). Germany is the main destination for Tunisian skills in this field, with 115 hirees, followed by Canada with 92. The remainder is divided between the Arab Gulf countries and certain European and African countries. During this period, the ATCT received 30 recruitment offers for Tunisian skills, notably from Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, Canada and France, compared with 14 offers during the same period last year. The number of applicants for work overseas reached 23,000, a large proportion of them from the education sector and the electrical, mechanical and electronics industries, while the number of guest workers an d experts exceeded 25,000. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse