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- Senegal’s president dealt local election setback
- Cal’s N’Diaye finally gets her NCAA chance
- USAID Provides $3.7 million to Assist with Global Food Security in …
- Jobless artistes disrupt International Theatre show in Senegal
- Friendly: man 2-0 Senegal
- Senegal polls deliver blow to president and son
- West Africa: Nigeria Niger Hardest Hit By 2009 Meningitis …

Senegal’s president dealt local election setback
AFP
Senegalese voters fed up with rising prices and fuel shortages overwhelmingly voted for the opposition in key locations including the capital Dakar. The results published late Friday confirmed the triumphant return of the opposition to Senegalese politics after a two-year boycott of the polls. For Dakar voters the rising food prices and ongoing fuel shortages and power cuts last year were major issues. Those hardships are evident on the streets of the capital where vendors hawking fresh coconuts peeled oranges and fruit juices have trouble getting customers.

Cal’s N’Diaye finally gets her NCAA chance
San Francisco Chronicle
The 6-foot-5 junior missed the first 18 games this season and was rusty when she returned. The week before the Pac-10 tournament she sustained a concussion from a practice collision with Devanei Hampton and missed three days. Her headaches were so bad she had to skip the conference banquet because of the noise. She was able to play eight minutes in Cal’s win over Washington only to sustain a second concussion.

USAID Provides $3.7 million to Assist with Global Food Security in …
FXBusiness
Agency for International Development’s (USAID) ffice of U. Foreign Disaster Assistance (FDA) is providing more than $3.

Jobless artistes disrupt International Theatre show in Senegal
Le Mali en ligne
PANA reports that the demonstrators carried placards demanding that they be recruited into the civil service. The demonstrators were made up of four batches of graduates trained at the Sene galese National Arts School. The demonstrators who wore red armbands as a sign of protest also demanded the resignation of Mame Birame Diouf the Senegalese minister of Culture. “We are sorry for our artiste friends from other countries.

Friendly: man 2-0 Senegal
ESPN STAR Sports
Mohamad Al Shiba gave the Gulf Cup champions the lead when he headed home a free-kick after 10 minutes at Seeb Stadium. Kassem Said sealed victory for Claude Le Roy's side by adding a second with three minutes remaining.

Senegal polls deliver blow to president and son
Reuters
Incomplete results from Sunday’s election on local media showed Wade’s ruling SPI coalition lost control of the council in the capital Dakar and other key cities in the West African country such as St Louis and Louga. The elections were widely seen as a referendum on the 82-year-old Wade’s government and widespread expectation that his son Karim will stand when his father’s second and final term ends in 2012. Senegal has long been seen as a rare democracy in the region but Wade’s critics say his rule has been increasingly authoritarian. Meanwhile social pressures have increased due to rising prices and the global economic slowdown. Wade’s son already a presidential adviser and head of a powerful state agency was almost guaranteed his first elected position as a member of Dakar council but without a majority the ruling coalition’s influence will be limited. The partial results indicated the opposition coalition Benno Siggil Senegaal (United to put right Senegal) would win enough seats to be able to name the capital’s mayor. "The Senegalese have rejected the policy pursued until now by the presidential camp" said Benno Siggil Senegaal spokesman Serigne Mbaye Thiam.

West Africa: Nigeria Niger Hardest Hit By 2009 Meningitis …
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );The bulk of the cases in the meningitis belt stretching from Senegal to Somalia has been in northern Nigeria reporting 17462 suspected cases and 960 deaths and Niger with 4513 suspected cases and 169 deaths according to the World Health rganization (WH). Relevant LinksWest AfricaHealth and MedicineInternational rganizations and AfricaNigeriaVaccination campaigns are underway in the two countries with the support of WH the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the non-governmental organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). WH which is supporting the Nigerian Health Ministry’s efforts to boost disease surveillance has had technical experts on the ground since last month. Along with its partners WH has released 2. 3 million doses of vaccines to Nigeria and 1.
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