Category: Senegalese

Senegalese Embassy Challenges Reports on Diplomat Beaten by Quebec Police as ‘False’

The Senegalese Embassy in Ottawa has come to the defence of one of its diplomats allegedly beaten by police in Quebec, characterizing a provincial rental board ruling against her as one-sided and asserting media coverage of the case has distracted from harms she purportedly faced. The embassy released a statement on Twitter on Friday questioning…


Senegalese Migrant Dives Into a Spanish River to Save 72-Year-Old Man From Drowning

When a 72-year-old man fell unconscious and slipped into the River Nervion in the northern Spanish city of Bilbao, Mouhammad Fada Diouf, a Senegalese migrant, did not hesitate to step forward to help. Diouf, 26, jumped into the river and, for 15 minutes, kept the man afloat. However, when his strength began to dwindle, other migrants…