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  • Ambassador Lukens and Mansour Sy Djamil cut the ribbon. [US Embassy photo]

    U.S. Embassy Supports Seydi Djamil Daara

    On May 12, 2012, Ambassador Lukens visited the Seydi Djamil Foundation to officially hand over an allotment of laptops, school supplies, printers, photocopiers, and other materials. All of these tools enhance teachers’ ability to teach, and students’ ability to learn.

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  • 44 New Volunteers Take Oath [US Embassy photo]

    44 New Volunteers Take Oath

    On Friday, May 11, the U.S. ambassador to Senegal, Lewis Lukens, presided over the swearing-in ceremony for 44 new Peace Corps volunteers. Abdou Latif Coulibaly, Minister-Counselor to President Macky Sall, represented the Senegalese government.

  • Ambassador Lukens reading the book [U.S. Embassy photo]

    Children's Book Week

    May 7-12, 2012 is National Children's Book Week in the United States. To commemorate this occasion, Ambassador Lewis Lukens visited the Institution Notre Dame de Dakar, a school located right next door to the Embassy. Ambassador Lukens read the book "The Tree House Detective Club," by Elizabeth Bolton.

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  • Ambassador Lukens with the press [U.S. Embassy photo]

    World Press Freedom Day

    World Press Freedom Day is annually observed on May 3 to inform the international community that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental human rights. On this occasion, Ambassador Lukens sends this message…

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  • The United States Mission offices in Dakar will be closed on Thursday May 17, 2012 in observance of Senegalese holiday, Ascension Day.

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  • The U.S. Embassy in Dakar also covers Guinea-Bissau, and we now have a “virtual presence post” website for Guinea-Bissau in English and Portuguese.  Click here.

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