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- USAID Provides $3.7 million to Assist with Global Food Security in …
- Senegal polls deliver blow to president and son
- Mamadou Niang Finally Called Up Again For Senegal
- Palms to Senegal

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.
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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.

Mamadou Niang Finally Called Up Again For Senegal
Goal.com
National director of football Amsatta Fall declared in the local press that he wouldn?t be calling up Niang for international duty this soon in order to keep his relationship with M good and let the one-time skipper rest. But the veteran coach has called Niang to face man and Iran this Saturday (March 28) and next Wednesday (April 1) in friendly encounters because Senegal are already eliminated from World Cup qualifying. Niang – now Senegal?s only bankable star – has also apparently been requested by mani federation who will handsomely pay for the Senegalese team?s troubles. The new Senegalese team will have 12 new Lions.

Palms to Senegal
Fortnightly Tenerife News
The Murid brotherhood has more than 60 million followers around the world about 800 of them in the Canary Islands. During an official visit their leader showed a special interest in Tenerife’s agricultural techniques and especially in the palms which are so unique to the archipelago. The 5000 saplings will be sent to the Mosque of Touba which is surrounded by 45000 hectares. The land is only worked for about three months of the year because of the lack of rain for peanuts maize and millet but the palms will help increase production throughout the year and will help the livelihood of local workers.