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- USAID Provides $3.7 million to Assist with Global Food Security in …
- Senegal leader congratulates opposition
- Mamadou Niang Turns Down Senegal
- Senegal polls deliver blow to president and son

USAID Provides $3.7 million to Assist with Global Food Security in …
FXBusiness
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Senegal leader congratulates opposition
AFP
The official provisional results have not yet been announced but the government had already conceded it has lost “several big cities” including the capital Dakar. In the statement Wade assured “the new local authorities that the government will scrupulously respect their right to a free administration”. The main opposition coalition Benno Siggil Senegaal — Wolof for “United to boost Senegal” — said they had won in several big cities including Dakar based on its own party tallies. Copyright © 2009 AFP. All rights reserved.

Mamadou Niang Turns Down Senegal
Goal.com
The 29-year-old Niang has insisted he prefers to completly recover from a long standing foot injury which he suffered in December and as such will not be available for the matches against Iran and man. Niang’s international career has also been disrupted by a self-imposed exile after he wrote the federation in May that he should not be considered for selection because he was unhappy with the country’s build-up to the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana. man are asking for Senegal to feature some of their top stars. The Teranga Lions of Senegal tackle man on Saturday and four days later come up against Iran in Teheran in games partially aimed at rebuilding the team’s reputation and spirit after their failure to advance to the final round of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

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.