The News Review:
- In Senegal an academy develops the minds (and game) of promising…
- Country profile: Senegal
- Senegal: Ambush of 40 Vehicles in Casamance
- Sarkozy plans overhaul in Africa relations
- Senegal police use tear gas to break up anti-gay protests near Grande…
In Senegal an academy develops the minds (and game) of promising…
ESPN – Feb 28, 2008
comAlmost everything Amadou Gallo Fall has he owes to basketball. He was “discovered” playing on a club team in Tunisia by a Peace Corps worker and he used the game as his ticket to America and a basketball scholarship to the University of the District of Columbia. He earned a degree in microbiology there and set his sights on medical school. But Fall never let go of basketball even if he didn’t have NBA talent.
Country profile: Senegal
BBC News – Feb 29, 2008
It has an established multi-party system and a tradition of civilian rule. Although poverty is widespread and unemployment is high the country has one of the region’s more stable economies. For the Senegalese political participation and peaceful leadership changes are not new. Even as a colony Senegal had representatives in the French parliament.
Senegal: Ambush of 40 Vehicles in Casamance
AllAfrica.com – Feb 28, 2008
A Senegalese army officer said the attackers belonged to the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );"I lost more than US $400 during the robbery" the passenger of one ambushed car told IRIN. A woman from Guinea-Bissau who was on her way home from Dakar said "The attackers assaulted me and other passengers. "The armed men carried Kalashnikovs and were dressed in military fatigues another passenger told IRIN.
Sarkozy plans overhaul in Africa relations
International Herald Tribune – Feb 28, 2008
” “We Africans are still waiting to see this change that Nicolas Sarkozy announced during his campaign. The reality in Chad where France defended the regime of (President Idriss) Deby is disillusioning” he said. In Senegal political analyst Babacar Justin who specializes in defense issues said that 40 years after Senegal's independence the French base in his country was an “anachronism. ” But he said it will be hard for France to completely relinquish its base in Senegal which for years was the capital of France's colonial empire. Alioune Tine the president of one of the largest human rights organizations in Senegal called the continued French presence in his country “a scandal for Africa. ” Sarkozy arrived in South Africa after a brief stopover in Chad an oil-rich coup-prone former French colony that has never known real democracy. When rebels besieged Chad's capital earlier this month French forces gave logistical support to the government including transporting munitions from Libya and protecting the airport.
Senegal police use tear gas to break up anti-gay protests near Grande…
Dallas Voice – Feb 28, 2008
The rock-throwing demonstrators were protesting the release from custody of 10 men who were jailed after the sensationalistic magazine Icône published photos of an alleged gay wedding the men supposedly had attended. The protesters set trash piles on fire blocked streets and chanted ?We don?t want homosexuals? and ?God is great. ?Penal Code Article 319 punishes homosexual acts with up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $3000. html – templateCell: pageDefault.