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- ‘Journalists will no longer be jailed in Senegal’
- Half Year Accounts
- SENEGAL: The ‘missing middle’ ‘” tackling youth unemployment
- Senegal Groups Fight Tradition to Protect Women and Girls From …

‘Journalists will no longer be jailed in Senegal’
Le Mali en ligne
He said that de-criminalizing press offences would give journalists greater freedom to carry out their important duties adding: ”Journalists will no longer be imprisoned. We will make a giant step towards de mocracy. “The Senegal leader spoke further: “(Using an) article in a newspaper to defame another (persons) is not a press offence but an offence through the press. Such a journalist used the press to defame. Therefore he shou ld appear before the magistrate’s court for defamation. ”In the meantime President Wade has called on journalists “to be more responsible by refraining from destroying lives or breaching the honour of other citizens or those in power” warning that the move to de-criminalize p ress offences should not be used a reason to defame other citizens. The chairman of the Senegalese Association of Publishers Madiambal Diagne has welcomed the President’s declaration.

Half Year Accounts
The Age
Directors The names of the company’s directors in office during the period and until the date of this report are listed below. Directors were in office for the entire period unless otherwise stated. Mr Clive Wright Chairman Non-executive Mr Andrew Smith Chief Executive fficer Mr Jozsef Patarica Non-executive Mr Aaron Treyvaud Non-executive Review of Results and perations Bassari Resources Ltd acquired Bassari Resources Senegal SARL on the 30th ctober 2007. Bassari Resources Ltd then successfully raised $12000000 on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). n the 7th of January 2008 Bassari Resources Ltd was formally admitted to the ASX. The principal activity of the group is the continued exploration and resource definition within our permit areas in order to identify mineral (primarily gold) deposits both hard rock and alluvial that meet commercial parameters of grade and tonnage needed for profitable exploitation. The results presented in this financial report are presented based on Bassari Resources Senegal SARL being the acquiring entity.

SENEGAL: The ‘missing middle’ ‘” tackling youth unemployment
IRINnews.org
After seeing many of his fellow youths end up on the streets hawking used clothing or on a rickety boat headed clandestinely to Europe Niang decided he needed a marketable skill if he was to gain a decent wage. Under a new project to restore historic buildings in Saint-Louis 266km north of the capital Dakar Niang is one of at least 300 young people receiving professional training which sponsors hope will make the youths employable for years to come. The project promises long-term benefits for participating youths and the surrounding community but is costly highlighting the question of how to tackle youth unemployment in a way that governments and other local institutions in cash-strapped West Africa can maintain. The project funded by the Spanish Development Corporation could be a model in Senegal but only if the government invests more in such efforts said Gora Gueye director of the Saint-Louis ?school-workshops?.

Senegal Groups Fight Tradition to Protect Women and Girls From …
Voice of America
Reports of violence against women and girls are on the rise in Senegal and outreach workers say there could not have been a better theme. Violence against women and girls in Senegal does not just refer to domestic violence and rape. Women’s groups are also fighting long-standing traditions of polygamy female circumcision and the forced marriage of girls as young as nine years old. It is a battle they say is made more difficult by traditional Senegalese society and a lack of resources. Siggil Jigéen is a network of 17 organizations that promote women’s rights and fight violence against women in Senegal.
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