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WEST AFRICA: Widespread flooding tests governments, aid community

IRIN

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

When the residents of 680 households in the Burkinabé province of Kouritenga found their homes flooded in early June, they could not have known the...

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WEST AFRICA: Flood damage pushes back school term for millions

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IRIN

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Some three million primary and secondary school students in West Africa will begin school several weeks late this year, while others hold their first...

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Is Viviane Ndoure Married to a Gambian?

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The Point

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Since the much-publicized split up between mbalax star Viviane Ndour and Producer Bouba Ndour, there has been spilling rumours about their new...

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Laba Sosseh Passes Away

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The Point

Friday, September 21, 2007

Laba Badara Sosseh, the master vocalist of Senegambian Salsa, passed away yesterday at around 03 a.m. Prior to his death, the late Laba Sosseh...

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SENEGAL: New efforts underway to educate in local languages

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IRIN

Thursday, September 20, 2007

With formal education systems crumbling in much of sub-Saharan Africa, educationalists are looking more to informal systems of education taught in...

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WEST AFRICA: Floods prompt greater focus on risk reduction

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IRIN

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

After the floods that have this season affected over 130,000 people in nine West African countries, according to the latest UN figures, humanitarian...

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SENEGAL: Dakar water channel poses potential health hazard

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IRIN

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

A water channel running through the centre of the bustling Senegalese capital, Dakar, may have been intended as a public recreation area and amenity,...

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SENEGAL: Primary schools grapple with digital technology

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IRIN

Sunday, July 22, 2007

In the poor fishing neighbourhood of Medina in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, a small school sits wedged between a run-down cemetery and a craft...

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Gambia U-20 Team Arrive On Saturday

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The Point

Friday, July 20, 2007

Fan Club Prepare Heroic Welcome The Gambia National U-20 team would return home on Saturday July 21st, 2007 after a brilliant...

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GFA Prexy in Dakar to Receive U-20

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The Point

Thursday, July 19, 2007

The president of the Gambia Football Association, Seedy MB Kinteh, is currently in Dakar, Senegal, to put the necessary arrangements in place for the...

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