The News Review:
- Gambia: The Bizarre Tale of Kerr Mot Hale
- Results of Senegal’s pro soccer league
- Mauritania election postponed till July 21 after Senegal mediation
- Insecurity Taxes Hurting Senegal Tourism
Gambia: The Bizarre Tale of Kerr Mot Hale
AllAfrica.com
The story of Kerr Mot Hale a village in Upper Saloum District in Central River Region (CRR) North represents a perfect example of this. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetB” );This village of originally about 12 compounds – 90 people – is now totally deserted except for one compound with slightly above 10 people. And according to these people the village was founded by Alhaji Basiru Secka who hailed from Senegal. ne of his sons Mohammad Habibullahi Secka who would take over the father’s place was to become some sort of a nuisance in religious circles. It is not clear when Habibulahi Secka crossed the limit so to speak declaring himself god but the whole problem emanated around 2000 eventually drawing wider attention. That profane declaration marked the beginning of quite a hellish life for the people of Kerr Mot Hale. He was feared like hell commanding them to indulge in unspeakable practices.
Results of Senegal’s pro soccer league
Le Mali en ligne
After six matches Senegalese oldest team Jeanne d’Arc de Dakar is stuck at the bottom of the table with just a single point. The team is in dire straits and manager Joseph Koto in the hot seat. n the other hand Linguere de Saint Louis continues to maintain the lead in group A in spite of its 1-1 tie against DUC while Stade de M’bour takes the lead in group B. Following are the full results and rankings:Group ADUC – Linguère 1-1US – HLM 1-0CSS – Yakaar 0-0Ndiambour – Douane 1-0Ranking:1st Linguère 12 pts (+5)2nd US 10 pts (+1)3rd Jaraaf 9 pts (+2)4th CSS 7 pts (+1)5th HLM 6 pts ((0)6th Yakaar 6 pts (-1)7th Douane 5 pts (-1)8th Ndiambour 5 pts (-5)9th DUC 3 pts (-2).
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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.
Insecurity Taxes Hurting Senegal Tourism
Voice of America
Local dancers entertain European tourists at one of the big hotels along Senegal’s southern coast. While the global economic crisis has slowed business there it has been hardest on smaller village-based guest houses farther inland where a simmering rebellion against the government in Dakar has helped give Casamance a bad name. Bakary Denis Sane chairs the organization of small hotel operators in Casamance. In the more than 20 years since the start of the security crisis brought on by the rebellion Sane says many of the small hotels in Casamance have declined.