Baaba Maal prophet of Senegal returns
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- Mauritania election postponed till July 21 after Senegal mediation
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Baaba Maal prophet of Senegal returns
Telegraph.co.uk
While U2 and Bob Marley are the multi-million-selling iconic figures of the label Maal has never quite made the same leap to global renown that many were predicting when he first appeared in the Eighties in the days when there was much talk about “the next Bob Marley” coming from Africa. Island boss Chris Blackwell has stuck with Maal and he is the only artist now putting out new releases on Blackwell’s current label Palm Pictures. Maal hasn’t helped his own cause with his erratic recording career. His last studio album Missing You came out in 2001; his new one Television is out this week and next week he is one of the highlights of this year’s Meltdown festival on London’s Southbank curated by rnette Coleman (see box).
French military steps up search for bodies black boxes of crashed …
Xinhua
The most important task at present the military said is to recover the bodies of the victims. The French Defense Ministry said on Wednesday the multinational search was under the coordination of the Brazilian military. Two French Breguet Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft based in Senegal are participating while a French Falcon 50 is also flying from a Brazilian base in Natal to the crash site the military said. According to the French Air Force these planes will search for bodies in a zone of the Atlantic cean “some 1000 km off the coast of Brazil” and “some 2000 km off the coast of Senegal. ” From Monday to Tuesday the Ventose a French military frigate recovered several bodies that were later flown to the Fernando de Noronha islands off Brazil’s northeastern coast to be identified. In addition the frigate also found more than 100 pieces of debris from the crashed plane. Another French navy ship the Mistral also set off to the crash site on Wednesday to join the Ventose in the hunt.
Guinea-Bissau Travel Alert
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American citizens considering travel to Guinea-Bissau despite this Travel Alert are urged to register with the Department of State or the U. Embassy in Dakar Senegal through the State Department’s travel registration website.
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Mauritania election postponed till July 21 after Senegal mediation
Xinhua
The FNDD and the RFD also demanded the vote take place within three to five months after all their preconditions are met. They threatened to boycott the polls if otherwise. The Senegal-brokered accord comes with the backing of the International Contact Group on Mauritania composed of the AU the Arab League the European Union the International rganization of the Francophonie and the United Nations. Mauritania is suspended from the AU and the Economic Community of West African States as part of the international sanctions to force the return of the constitutional order. The military junta announced the June 6 election and the formation of an electoral commission in January in search for an end to the months-old political crisis. Abdel Aziz resigned on April 15 from the presidency of the ruling High Council of State to run for the election. The FNDD and RFD voiced the boycott saying the electoral agenda was unilaterally imposed by the junta.
Rwanda: Duo Land Wildcards for Afrobasket
AllAfrica.com
South Africa finished second to Mozambique in the Zone 6 qualifiers while Senegal were runners up to Mali in Zone 2. Sixteen national teams will compete in the bi-annual event in Libya where the best three teams will qualify for the 2010 FIBA World Championship to be played in Turkey. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );The event will be staged in the country’s capital Tripoli from August 5 to 15. Since the competition’s inauguration back in 1962 2007 champions Angola are still the record holders with nine titles.
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