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Senegal is building a massive £1.6bn utopian city in a bid to ease the residential and commercial clutter in the capital of Dakar.
Diamniadio Lake City is a government-approved futuristic township based in Diamniadio. Spanning an impressive 6.1 miles, Diamniadio is expected to resolve the congestion in the capital city, Dakar, which is less than 20 miles away.
Dakar was built in the 19th century with the aim of accommodating 300,000 residents but today over three million people live there.
The city has seen a rapid population growth as Senegal’s administrative and economic facilities are here, making it a magnet for people to flock too. The population here has increased by a whopping 1.68 million since 2000.
As a result, house prices are soaring, and land prices have tripled in the past decade. This has led to slum development, poor infrastructure, and challenges, with water supply and sanitation, as well as overcrowding and congestion.
It is hoped Diamniadio will help ease some of these pressures and house an approximate 350,000 people.
Already built is the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, also known as the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium which can host association football, rugby and athletics in Diamniadio.
The sprawling city is estimated to generate 23,000 jobs. The city will be divided into four autonomous districts, which will function as cities within the city of Diamniadio.
In the first district, you have the Abdou Diouf Conference Centre; it was officially inaugurated in December 2014 and is named after Abdou Diouf, who served as President of Senegal from 1981 to 2000.
You will also find the Diamniadio Exhibition Centre, the Ousmane Tanor Dieng Ministerial Sphere and the United Nations House. It is hoped this area will host many international tourist events and exhibitions.
Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow University is located in the second zone. The university was inaugurated on December 1, 2022 and will eventually host 30,000 students.
The second ministerial sphere of Diamniadio and the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium are under construction in this district.
The third district will act as the industrial hub, with the APROSI international industrial park and the Market of National Interest both here.
Finally, the fourth district is designed to be the business district. It will house major banks and insurance companies and will also have major schools, hospitals, shopping cnetres and sports facilities.
Located here will be SD city, the residential zone which will have over 6,000 housing units by 2035. It will have schools, hospitals, mosques and a shopping centre.
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Donald Trump’s message about the strait has been criticised. (Image: Getty)
US President Donald Trump has been criticised for his choice of words in his message announcing the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for the rest of the ceasefire.
Mehdi Hasan, a British-American journalist, highlighted with a comment on X how the American president used a different name for the Strait of Hormuz, saying his words looked like “total capitulation”.
Hasa said: “Trump just publicly referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the ‘Strait of Iran’. Not only does this look like total capitulation from his administration but I am trying to imagine the GOP/Fox response if Joe Biden had said this.”
This came after Israeli journalist and close ally of Benjamin Netanyahu, Yinon Magal, said: “Trump Surrenders to Iran.”
Mr Trump published several posts on Truth Social following the announcement from Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghici who said the Strait of Hormuz was “declared completely open” for the “remaining period of ceasefire”.
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Trump just publicly referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the “Strait of Iran.” Not only does this look like total capitulation from his administration but I am trying to imagine the GOP/Fox response if Joe Biden had said this. pic.twitter.com/VHF4PkaAW4
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 17, 2026
Mr Trump said: “IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY FOR FULL PASSAGE. THANK YOU!” In a separate post, however, he also said: “BUT THE NAVAL BLOCKADE WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS IT PERTAINS TO IRAN, ONLY, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS OUR TRANSACTION WITH IRAN IS 100% COMPLETE.
“THIS PROCESS SHOULD GO VERY QUICKLY IN THAT MOST OF THE POINTS ARE ALREADY NEGOTIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! PRESIDENT DONALD J.TRUMP”. In one of his messages he referred to the Strait of Hormuz to ‘Strait of Iran’.
The US President also took the chance to criticise again his NATO allies, including the UK. He said the announcement regarding the strait “feels good,” but also added it was “too bad” he didn’t have help from NATO which he called a “paper tiger”.
As Dan Rivers, ITV US correspondent, revealed, Mr Trump also said relationship with the UK and British PM Keir Starmer are “not good, not good at all”.
The American President said UK-US relations are ‘not good’. (Image: Getty)
Taking on Truth Social again, the American President further dismissed European efforts in another message. He said: “Now that the Hormuz Strait situation is over, I received a call from NATO asking if we would need some help. I TOLD THEM TO STAY AWAY, UNLESS THEY JUST WANT TO LOAD UP THEIR SHIPS WITH OIL. They were useless when needed, a Paper Tiger! President DJT”
PM Keir Starmer said he would “do everything I can” to alleviate the impact of the Iran war on the public and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Asked what the point of Friday’s meeting with fellow leaders in Paris was, the Prime Minister told reporters: “It is very important that we build a coalition of countries around the principle that the ceasefire should be permanent, there should be a deal, and that the Strait of Hormuz is open.
“It is in all of our interests to do that, because what’s happening in the war in Iran is affecting each of our economies.
A Russian drone has reportedly breached the airspace of a NATO country during an overnight bombardment targeting Ukraine. Romania’s Defence Ministry said its air defences identified two targets in the border area of Tulcea county during attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, one of which entered its airspace.
The ministry said it lost contact with the target over an uninhabited area in what it called “a serious violation of the norms of international law. It said in a statement: “One of the targets entered the airspace of our country, the radar contact with it being lost 16 km southeast of Chilia Veche over an uninhabited area.
“We strongly condemn the actions of the Russian Federation that endanger regional security, constituting a serious violation of the norms of international law”
A team has been sent to investigate the area following the alert, which began just after midnight local time on Friday and ended at 2.48am.
Tulcea is directly across the border from the Ukrainian port of Izmail, which has been a target for Russian attacks, and is bordered by the River Danube.
Emergency alerts were sent out across northern parts of Tulcea just after 3.45am local time on Tuesday, and ended about an hour later.
The country’s Ministry of National Defence said: “Two F-16 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force from the Air Police Combat Service took off from the 86th Air Base in Fetești, and the air defence systems were put into firing positions.
The government confirmed that none of the Russian drones breached Romanian airspace.
Ukrainian authorities said Russia “massively attacked” civilian and port infrastructure, damaging facilities at Izmail and a Panamanian-flagged ship. There were no casualties.
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