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- Activists Express Concern ver Sentencing of Gay Men in Senegal
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- Senegal growth slows as global downturn hits Africa
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Activists Express Concern ver Sentencing of Gay Men in Senegal
Voice of America 
The nine men were each sentenced to eight years in prison last week. Joel Nana of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission in Cape Town says the ruling was a big step backwards in the fight for gay rights in Africa. “It was a surprise to me because Senegal is a country that is very progressive among African countries and actually the first country in Africa to address HIV in communities of men who have sex with men” said Nana. “This is a country where we thought there were some achievements but having such a judgment brings us backward.
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WADE: Sharing the dream – The president of Senegal to President …
Truth about Trade & Technology IA 
Yet the idea that race animates our enthusiasm in Africa is far too simple. It is true that after your election young men and women in Senegal paraded along the boulevards of Dakar displaying a passion for politics and democracy that many African leaders struggle to ignite in domestic elections. But the same enthusiasm was evident in many non-African capitals of the world not only on election night but in the months since then. Nelson Mandela better captured the reasons for your post-election support when he observed that your victory showed every individual should "dare to dream of wanting to change the world into a better place. " It is easy to forget now but it wasn’t so long ago that dreaming about a better world had a bad name. America’s great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Senegal growth slows as global downturn hits Africa
guardian.co.uk UK 
Many African countries had appeared shielded from theearlier effects of the financial crisis in developed economies. But since the crisis spread from banks to the broadereconomy sapping global demand for Africa’s commodities exportsand scuppering planned foreign investments more countries arelooking to the International Monetary Fund for urgent help. Last month the IMF approved a $75. 6 million one-yearfunding deal from its Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF) to helpSenegal cope with higher food and energy prices.