Dakar, Senegal

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Casamance independence leader dies at 78

The Daily Observer

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The leading figure of the independence movement in Senegal's Casamance region has died in a Paris hospital.VOA Jordan Davis reports from Dakar that...

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SENEGAL: Raising the profile of abuse

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IRIN

Friday, January 12, 2007

When Henriette Tine was brutally attacked recently by her husband with a large wooden pestle the size of a bat, hundreds of women from her native...

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Tyson Suspended For Three Years,

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The Point

Thursday, January 11, 2007

The National Organising Committee responsible for the running of wrestling in Senegal [CNG] has laid a three year suspension on Mohamed Ndao alias...

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Confusion Mounts Over Tyson- Bombardier Bout

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The Point

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

The most awaited wrestling bout in Senegal between Mohamed Ndao alias Tyson of Kaolack and Bombardier ” B 52” of Mbour, ended with big confusion....

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Wade pledges for the uncover of murder case

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The Daily Observer Newspaper

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Senegal’s President, Maitre Abdoulaye Wade, has on Tuesday promised to give Cfa 50 millions to any person who provides information leading to the...

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SENEGAL: Utopian plan belies dismal reality for flood victims

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IRIN

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

When floods in August 2005 made some of Dakar’s most impoverished suburbs uninhabitable, Senegal’s long-standing plan to transform its slums into...

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SENEGAL: Migration - a mother's load

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IRIN

Sunday, November 05, 2006

In this once thriving village on the edge of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, fishing boats have all but disappeared from the fetid, garbage-strewn...

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SENEGAL: Into the West

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IRIN

Monday, October 30, 2006

From the plains of Mali to the rice fields of Guinea, illegal migration has become part of modern West African folklore. It inspires songs, dominates...

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SENEGAL: On the make with microfinance

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IRIN

Sunday, October 29, 2006

The sewing machine works at full speed all day and piles of cloth and fabric are stacked up to the ceiling in Rokhaya Mboup's cramped living room,...

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SENEGAL: Helping girls make the grade

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IRIN

Friday, October 27, 2006

Kewe Thiam is the exception to the rule that most Senegalese girls don’t make it to high school. Sitting with a group of her peers, Thiam’s is the...

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