Augustin Senghor Leads Senegal FA
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- Augustin Senghor Leads Senegal FA
- Music Royalties’ Lawsuit Closes Senegal’s Largest Private TV Station
- Senegal sends police to aid Darfur mission
- Senegal: Sustainable Land Management Project |
- New arrests for same-sex relations in Senegal
- Senegal ends Q2′²09 with 6.28Mn mobile subscribers
Augustin Senghor Leads Senegal FA
Goal.com
Aug 31 2009 4:44:55 PM Augustin Senghor a 44-year-old lawyer and mayor of the island of Goree has been elected new president of the Senegal Football Association during an extra-ordinary congress in Dakar on Sunday. Senghor who led US Goree to gain promotion to the top flight in Senegal polled 174 votes to defeat El Hadji Malick Gackou (130 votes) and umar Diop (26 votes). Two other candidates: former international goalkeeper Cheikh Seck and former vice-president of the FA Alioune Cisse withdrew a day to the elections. Senghor headed a caretaker committee after the FA executive committee was dissolved following a shock first round exit of the country at last year’s Africa Cup of Nations. The caretaker committee among other things launched a professional football league recently.
Music Royalties’ Lawsuit Closes Senegal’s Largest Private TV Station
Voice of America
The West African nation of Senegal has a long tradition of producing talented musicians. But many of these artists find it hard to survive because few media outlets pay them for broadcasting their music. This could now change due to a landmark lawsuit brought against the country’s largest private TV station. Youssou N’Dour Baaba Maal rchestre Baobab Akon? Some of the most renowned African artists on the international music scene come from Senegal. If you are a musician trying to make it in Senegal you may find success but you will find it hard to make a living.
Senegal sends police to aid Darfur mission
United Press International
29 (UPI) — Senegalese police officers strengthened the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur by adding 137 officers the UN said. The peacekeeping force protects civilians and ensures access for humanitarian workers in the Darfur region of the Sudan. The officers are part of a unit with specialized training in high-risk operations. Their main task is protection of civilians and they often do community policing or work in camps housing displaced people the UN said.
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Senegal: Sustainable Land Management Project |
Gov Monitor
The objective of the project is to contribute to the reduction of land degradation and the improvement of ecosystem functions and services in the target areas by adopting sustainable land management practices through the provision of support to the recipient’s research and agricultural and rural consultation system and to producer organizations. The objective of the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Project for Senegal is to contribute to the reduction of land degradation and the improvement of ecosystem functions and services in the target areas by adopting sustainable land management practices through the provision of support to the recipient’s research and agricultural and rural consultation system and to producer organizations. There are four components to the project the first component being support to the agricultural research system. In Second Agricultural Services and Producer rganizations Project (PSAP2) this component seeks to increase the capacity of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS). The project will be used to strengthen the capacity of the Senegal Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA) to generate and disseminate SLM-targeted research and knowledge.
New arrests for same-sex relations in Senegal
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Senegal ends Q2′²09 with 6.28Mn mobile subscribers
Wireless Federation
28Mn mobile subscribersAugust 31st 20093:46 pmwww. WirelessFederation. The mobile penetration in the country reached 51. 63% reports ARTP the telecoms regulator. This is the lowest quarterly growth in a year contrasting with 11.
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