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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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Living ‘like fish’ in Senegal’s flooded capital
AFP
“We are like fish” he says. The flooding which on Thursday led the government to enact an emergency plan forces this 17-year-old tailor’s assistant and thousands like him to “eat pray and do everything in the water. “Sandbags mark out the pathways through Djeddah-Thiaroye Kaw a teeming suburb which has turned into a marshland whose inhabitants roll up their trousers and robes to get around. The flooding is so frequent that fresh-water plants and green algae soon put in their annual appearance but the extent of the damage this year is such that the Dakar suburbs have made front-page news in the local papers.
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Ghana Senegal and Mali embark on Agric Productivity
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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Doc tracks 3 years displaying courage of musical convictions
Chicago Tribune
Around the world his odes to progressive Islam and his native country’s Muslim political heroes were greeted warmly. In Senegal charges of blasphemy filled the air and N’dour’s album was in effect banned — the result of a wide and effective blacklist.

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Senegal activates emergency plan in wake of floods
AFP
“The government is going to activate the emergency plan to relieve the people” Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye said on public television Wednesday night. A sum of two billion Central African francs (three million euros) has been released by the government to cope with the flooding said Ndiaye who was speaking after a meeting with the mayors of communities that have been affected. The emergency plan will allow the authorities to release financial assistance and mobilise equipment throughout the country. Several parts of Dakar and its suburbs as well as towns such as Mbour in the west and Kaffrine in the centre are under water after heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday.

IFC Highlights Growing Support for Senegal West and Central Africa
Media Newswire (press release)
“Reaching Africa’s smaller markets is a top priority for IFC” said IFC Director for West and Central Africa Yolande Duhem. “Through innovative financing increased advisory services and working together with partners who share our commitment to African development we have been able to finance more businesses in West and Central Africa. ” Among IFC’s major transactions in Senegal and West Africa in the fiscal year ended June 2009 was a $2 million trade finance line to Ecobank Senegal part of a regional financing of more than $200 million to Togo-based Ecobank Transnational Inc. In FY09 Dakar was named IFC’s subregional hub for West and Central Africa as part of a broader commitment to do more business in the region. In Senegal in particular IFC aims to support improved infrastructure especially in the power sector. IFC has previously invested in the Kounoune independent power project and expects to do more to support rural electrification. IFC continued to extend its regional reach in Africa to countries where it has traditionally been less active.

Fasting for health at Ramadan or other times
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
It’s been shown that a lot of people. ur correspondent in Senegal last year reported that breaking the fast is like. Health benefits of fastingPeople in Senegal said they felt lighter after a month of fasting and said the process of not eating during the day allowed the organs to rest. Nomani says studies have shown the metabolic rate to go down in people who are fasting and that refraining from eating can help purge toxins from the system. He also writes about fasting as a spiritual practice that requires discipline and may encourage people to change other bad behaviors such as quitting smoking or becoming more mindful of the hardships of people around them.

US Peace Corps pulls volunteers from Mauritania
Reuters
humanitarian group the Peace Corps has pulled its volunteer workforce from Mauritania due to security concerns following an upturn in violence in the West African desert nation. "For security reasons we have taken 45 volunteers and 14 staff into our training centre (in Senegal)" Demba Sibibe a Peace Corps official said on Monday. government-backed group said on its Web site its volunteer programme would remain suspended until security conditions improved. The move by the group which has operated in Mauritania for more than 40 years comes after a surge in violence in the normally quiet former French colony struggling to clamp down on an al Qaeda presence within its borders.
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A New Gambian Human Rights Advocacy Group Launched In Senegal!!!
Freedom Newspaper
CALITIN FR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GAMBIAA civil society group has just been launched in the Senegalese capital of Dakar to advocate for the enforcement of human rights in The Gambia. The Coalition for Human Rights in The Gambia was formed by Gambians living in Dakar and Senegalese and other international human rights media and civil society groups. These include Amnesty International Senegal branch The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) Press Union (Synpics) African Assembly for the Defence of Human Rights (RADDH) Inter Africa Network for Women Media Gender and Development (FAMEDEV) Network of Press and Parliament in Senegal (Reppas) and Radio Alternative Voice for Gambians (AVG). As part of its immediate activities members of the coalition on Tuesday August 25th 2009 met with members of European missions overseeing The Gambia. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Dutch Austrian German French Spanish and Swedish Embassies. During the meeting the coalition’s delegates showcased series of human rights violations that has been taking place in The Gambia. The cases include the recent the incarceration of the six journalists journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh’s continuous disappearance arrest of villagers accused of being witches and the issue of Nigerian Mercenary Judges in the country.

Aureos Africa Fund increases funds under management to $317.8m
AltAssets
In June the fund acquired a 10. 4 per cent stake in Senegalese cement company Les Ciments du Sahel. The company is one of the largest cement companies in Senegal and is now producing at full capacity. Sev Vettivetpillai CE of Aureos Advisers said “Investors that have been looking to invest in Africa have been impressed by our track record across the continent. I think our ability to raise additional capital for the Aureos Africa Fund throughout the global downturn proves that. “Despite the global economic slowdown we are seeing continuous economic growth in Africa and foreign direct investment seems to be picking up providing a vibrant economic platform for building a well diversified portfolio of sustainable companies in the SME segment of the market. ”Copyright © 2009 AltAssetsArticle is in the following categories:.

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Senegal: USADF Signs Three Grants to Support Women’s Groups
AllAfrica.com
The grants will benefit GIE Wakilaré (Bandafassi) GIE Dado Ligo (Salémata) and Koba Club 1 (Kédougou). GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );After signing the grant USADF President Lloyd Pierson stated “By directly funding these grassroots groups USADF is helping to support women in Senegal by creating income generating opportunities to help lift them out of poverty. ”Located in Kédougou Koba Club 1 is a group of 25 women who specialize in the process of agricultural and forest products. The group has identified an opening in the market for pre-cooked fonio a highly nutritious food.
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Senegal opens up on growing problem of child rape
AFP
Adama Sow president of the Research and Action Group on Violence against Children said that between September 2006 and December 2007 his organisation had reported nearly 400 cases of rape. But last year the figure had climbed to almost 600 cases “98 percent of which involved minors” he said. “There is a code of silence surrounding rape in Senegal with many cases going unreported” said mar Ndoye a lawmaker who is president of a parliamentary committee for the protection of children. Ndoye said more and more children were becoming victims of rape with boys as well as girls affected.

Liverpool to bid for Senegal star Joelon Lescott tug-of-war …
Fox Sports
) He’s also contemplating a $15 million move for Dynamo Kiev centre-half Pape Diakhate. Not unlike Manchester United Liverpool are ravaged by injury and desperately in need of top-notch defenders. The 25-year-old Senegal international caught Rafa’s eye when he saw him playing for his national side recently and he could be the answer to a worrying lame list. Rumour Mill rating: 80 per cent; the valuation is realistic and the Kop need defenders double quick. Stay tuned for next week’s gossip-athon. If you hear anything on the grapevine don’t hesitate to.

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SMU M-Basketball: Faye Has Team-High 16 Points As Senegal Defeats …
SMU Mustangs
15 2009TRIPLI Libya (SMU) – SMU senior. html” >Mouhammad Faye led Senegal with 16 points in a 74-63 win over Mali in the seventh-place game of the FIBA Africa Championships. The Senegalese finish 5-4 for the tournament and improve on their 2007 performance where they finished ninth. Faye was also part of the 2007 squad with former Mustang.

SENEGAL: University project left to sheep goats and cows
University World News
will be one of the biggest libraries in Africa”. But the three-storey building was completely shuttered. Heads of state from other countries visiting Senegal had been taken to inspect the university site by Wade himself and had undertaken to pay for buildings which would bear their names or those of their countries. “But for now the site of the University of Future Africa is an enormous pasture where sheep goats and cows compete in their search for greenery” wrote Sagna. “The Zakhem company which was commissioned to carry out the construction works has disappeared taking with it all its machinery. nly a caretaker remains to keep an eye on the building site. At a total cost of 24 billion FCFA the 300-hectare project was initially financed by Taiwan with the first phase of the programme 15 billion FCFA said Sagna.
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Angola play Senegal Cote D’Ivoire in friendly
AngolaPress
This was announced on Saturday in Lisbon by FIFA agent Lucídio Ribeiro underlining that the games are set for September 05 and 09 in Portuguese region of Algarve. Under the coach of Portuguese Manuel José the National Team had played to a goal-less draw against Guinea Conacry and defeated Togo by 2-0.

SENEGAL: Police condemned for invading campus
University World News
universityworldnews. The intervention by the police followed student unrest due to unpaid grants. The university authorities are also disciplining student miscreants. Wal Fadjri of Dakar reported that students demanding three months of grant payments had blocked both directions of the main road to and from Mauritania to draw national attention to their grievances. Gendarmes arrived to clear the way and battle commenced with students throwing stones at the police who responded with teargas.

Senegal: Country to Become Part of Ambitious Maths Network
AllAfrica.com
Mamadou Sangharé of the department of mathematics and information technology at Cheikh Anta Diop University in the capital Dakar says AIMS-Senegal is likely to be established in Mbour a town of about 180000 inhabitants 80 kilometres south of Dakar. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );He says the plans are progressing “very well” largely due to support from the country’s political leaders particularly Senegal’s president Abdoulaye Wade. Wade is providing the site for the centre. AIMS-Senegal is part of the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) which aims to establish 15 centres across the continent over the next decade.

SMU M-Basketball: Faye Has Game-High 22 Points As Senegal Falls In …
SMU Mustangs
13 2009TRIPLI Libya (SMU) – SMU senior. html” >Mouhammad Faye led Senegal with 22 points but the Lions fell 84-78 to Ivory Coast in the quarterfinal round of the FIBA Africa Championships. Senegal led 78-75 after Faye hit a shot in the paint with 1:38 remaining before Ivory Coast finished on a 9-0 run. The Senegalese (4-3) face Nigeria on Friday in the semifinal round where a win could get them to the fifth-place game of the championship. Faye went 9-of-13 from the field and 3-for-6 from three-point range.

Nike Global Challenge: Senegal Brazil Stun United States Squads
MaxPreps
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Senegal: Country to Become Part of Ambitious Maths Network
AllAfrica.com
Mamadou Sangharé of the department of mathematics and information technology at Cheikh Anta Diop University in the capital Dakar says AIMS-Senegal is likely to be established in Mbour a town of about 180000 inhabitants 80 kilometres south of Dakar. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );He says the plans are progressing “very well” largely due to support from the country’s political leaders particularly Senegal’s president Abdoulaye Wade. Wade is providing the site for the centre. AIMS-Senegal is part of the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) which aims to establish 15 centres across the continent over the next decade.

Senegal Cameroon and Egypt upset at Afrobasket
International Basketball Network
After coming out of the prelimiary round unbeaten the west African nation would drop their next two games in surprising losses to Rwanda and Morocco. Their losses coincided with an injury to their point guard Babacar Cissé.  Cissé who leads the field in assists at 6. 2 went down early in Senegal’s game against Rwanda and wasn’t available against Morocco. With Senegal’s 75-73 loss to Morocco there is no chance that the Senegalese team will advance to the next round.  The game was tightly-contested until the Moroccan team outscored their Senegalese opponents 20-8 in the third quarter to open up a ten point lead going into the final stanza. Mohamad Hacad led Morocco with a double double (18 points and 13 rebounds).

US Students Partner with Senegalese Village
Voice of America
They had a very strong presence. All of them” she said. Khaldi was most impressed by the colors of Senegal from the beautifully-painted buildings and the electrifying fabrics worn by village women. “They’re really interested in everything you do. They’re really nice.

Senegal international has Blues chance
FansFC.com
Alex McLeish is still looking to add to his Premier League squad ahead of the new season which begins with a trip to champions Manchester United on Sunday afternoon. Sky Sports claim the Blues have offered Drame the Senegal international left-back currently on Sochaux the chance to earn a contract at St Andrews. Left fullback has been a problem for McLeish all summer with his top target Armand Traore looking increasingly likely to remain at Arsenal. Reply Leave a Comment * Name: Required * Email: Required Invalid Email Id * Comment: Required *Word Verification: Type the characters you see in the picture below.

Nike Global Challenge: Senegal Brazil Stun United States Squads
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Ambassador Ron Kirk Concludes Visit to Dakar Senegal
rganisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqué de presse)
  This was Ambassador Kirk’s first time visiting Dakar Senegal as the United States Trade Representative and it gave him an opportunity to discuss ways to improve the US. -Senegal trading relationship.  While in Dakar Ambassador Kirk met with Prime Minister Ndene Ndiaye and Trade Minister Amadou Niang as well as other government and private sector representatives with whom he discussed a range of issues such as trade under AGA the Doha negotiations and efforts the government of Senegal is taking to improve the business environment and attract investment.   He also met with Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) staff about a potential U.

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Senegal’s Wade pushes for United States of Africa roughhouse style
Daily Nation
The downside of the recourse to sovereignty is its assumption that other Africans are foreigners against whom power must be protected. This thinking also denies African economies larger markets for their products. ?Sovereignty? also masks the weakness of Africans at a time when other people have pooled political power in vast territories like China India Brazil Russia and the United States of America. The very colonial countries that were the ?foreigners? against whom independent African states wished to protect their sovereignty are themselves building the European Union as a bigger source of power in the global arena.

Woman Allegedly Kidnapped Thrown In Forest In Senegal
Foroyaa online
She said that after the departure of those two ladies they forcibly went to kidnap her in the kitchen. She said that after that episode she knew very well that she is under siege but could not react to any of their actions. Madam Bah who was looking distressed said she could not gain her consciousness until she saw herself in Senegal at an unknown forest. When asked how she managed to escape that forest; Mrs Bah said there were some ladies who came in contact with her and rescued her from that thick forest. She said before her rescue she could not even walk on her own. She said she has spent more than one week with her rescuers in Senegal. She also said she was given an opportunity to try and call any number she could remember in the Gambia and that was the time she called Mr.
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Suffolk University Named to Princeton Review’s ‘Best 371 Colleges …
Business Wire (press release)
” The profile also highlights the University’s international ties which draw a large number of overseas students to the Boston campus. It says that “interacting with students from different backgrounds or cultures isn’t an option – it’s a daily occurrence. ” Suffolk campuses in Madrid and Dakar Senegal along with partnerships with universities in cities such as Prague make it easy to study abroad. Suffolk scored an exceptionally high 91 Green Rating in the survey — where 99 was the maximum score – a reflection of the University’s commitment to sustainability and environmentally friendly practices. The listing includes notes from the Admissions ffice which cites the University’s noted and experienced professors “who go the extra mile to help students succeed” and the excellent job-placement record for alumni. —– Suffolk University located on Boston’s historic Beacon Hill with international campuses in Madrid and Dakar Senegal is a comprehensive global institution distinguished by the teaching and the intellectual contributions of its faculty. Suffolk University offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in more than 70 areas of study.

Former diplomat joins Hyperdynamics
Bizjournals.com
Cohen who had a 38-year career with the U. Foreign Service was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. Bush and was the U. ambassador to Senegal with accreditation to Gambia from 1977 to 1980.

Guinea on alert for ‘attack plot’
BBC News
The West African state said armed men were gathering on the borders with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north and Liberia to the south. An announcement on state-run national radio said drugs cartels were believed to be behind the plans. Guinea is a key transit point for drugs en route from the Americas to Europe. When the junta led by Captain Moussa Camara seized power some seven months ago it made the fight against drugs one of its key priorities. Several leading suspects have been arrested and are awaiting trial but the regime must have made powerful enemies in the process correspondents say.

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Former diplomat joins Hyperdynamics
Bizjournals.com
Cohen who had a 38-year career with the U. Foreign Service was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. Bush and was the U. ambassador to Senegal with accreditation to Gambia from 1977 to 1980.

Doctors familiar with death by propofol
Los Angeles Times
The woman had no history of drug abuse. But an acquaintance a registered nurse did have access to the drug. The suspect fled the country but investigators found him in Senegal and he was returned to the country tried and convicted of first-degree murder. The report was published in the April edition of.

Guinea on alert for ‘attack plot’
BBC News
The West African state said armed men were gathering on the borders with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north and Liberia to the south. An announcement on state-run national radio said drugs cartels were believed to be behind the plans. Guinea is a key transit point for drugs en route from the Americas to Europe. When the junta led by Captain Moussa Camara seized power some seven months ago it made the fight against drugs one of its key priorities. Several leading suspects have been arrested and are awaiting trial but the regime must have made powerful enemies in the process correspondents say.

Downtown Film Festival Announces Line-Up
blogdowntown
” The All-Day ‘Green’ event is part product expo and mini green film festival. The Closing Night Gala will be held at the Los Angeles Theatre on August 22 and showcases the West Coast premiere of “Jackson 5 in Africa” a 50 minute documentary about the pop group’s first tour of Africa. Filmed in Senegal in 1974 it managed to stay stored away until recently. Fascinatingly in 1982 an unfinished version of the film was exchanged for a rough diamond. “Jackson 5 in Africa” was recently premiered at Harlem?s National Black Theater.

Review: Singer music soar in ‘Youssou N’Dour’
San Francisco Chronicle
” All these qualities are on display in this mesmerizing documentary that follows N’Dour from his native Senegal around the world and home again. Besides its intimate portrayal of N’Dour and his music “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love” is a primer on Islam in West Africa. N’Dour is a practicing Muslim and for most of his sterling career he separated his faith from his pop-oriented music. But in 2004 N’Dour released the album “Egypt” which combined classical Arab orchestration with African rhythms and songs praising Senegal’s mystical Sufi Islamic traditions. Director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi captured the recording sessions – and the controversy in Senegal where religious figures chastised N’Dour for incorporating sacred Muslim themes into his songs.
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Formula ne star Massa leaves hospital flies home
AFP
Massa was accompanied by his wife Rafaela and his doctor Dino Altman. His jet flew out of the Hungarian capital Budapest and was expected to stop over in Dakar Senegal before flying on to Sao Paulo. The pilot will go to a Brazilian hospital for check-ups but is not going to be further hospitalised his father Luiz Antonio Massa said earlier. Copyright © 2009 AFP. All rights reserved. More »Related articles.
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Review: Singer music soar in ‘Youssou N’Dour’
San Francisco Chronicle
” All these qualities are on display in this mesmerizing documentary that follows N’Dour from his native Senegal around the world and home again. Besides its intimate portrayal of N’Dour and his music “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love” is a primer on Islam in West Africa. N’Dour is a practicing Muslim and for most of his sterling career he separated his faith from his pop-oriented music. But in 2004 N’Dour released the album “Egypt” which combined classical Arab orchestration with African rhythms and songs praising Senegal’s mystical Sufi Islamic traditions. Director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi captured the recording sessions – and the controversy in Senegal where religious figures chastised N’Dour for incorporating sacred Muslim themes into his songs.

Guinea on alert for ‘attack plot’
BBC News
The West African state said armed men were gathering on the borders with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north and Liberia to the south. An announcement on state-run national radio said drugs cartels were believed to be behind the plans. Guinea is a key transit point for drugs en route from the Americas to Europe. When the junta led by Captain Moussa Camara seized power some seven months ago it made the fight against drugs one of its key priorities. Several leading suspects have been arrested and are awaiting trial but the regime must have made powerful enemies in the process correspondents say.

Senegal’s black arts festival in December 2010: report
AFP
Speaking on the sidelines of a symposium on the United States of Africa Wade said Monday that the third FESMAN (Festival mondial des arts negres) will be held “in December 2010 that’s to say a year and a few months from now. “The first festival took place in Dakar in 1966 largely at the intiative of Leopold Sedar Senghor Senegal’s poet president and champion of black Africa’s cultural heritage. Lagos in Nigeria hosted the second in 1977. Senegal’s government officially postponed the third FESMAN which is to be held as a joint artistic and cultural venture with Brazil on July 21 because of organisational delays.

Senegal records big fall in clandestine migrants bound for Europe
AFP
The number arrested by Frontex fell from 2743 in 2007 to 494 in 2008. Since the beginning of the year only 33 people have been apprehended and none since January 10. In total “we took 4481 people in for questioning between September 6 2006 and January 10 2009″ said Lieutenant Colonel Alioune Ndiaye the Frontex spokesman in Senegal. Ndiaye said the drop in the number of arrests was because of fewer departures.

Senegal calls for joint efforts in fighting AIDS
Le Mali en ligne
He however called for more funding from the two groups with a view to dealing a final blow to the scourge. Ndiaye also said the religious groups could do a lot in the fight by raising the awareness campaign on the dangers of the disease. The Prime Minister said that the disease was more rampant in the region of Kedougou eastern Senegal where the mining companies had attracted a large population of migrants from other countries and regions. He pledged government’s determination to continue to fight the disease until the national prevalent rate fell to less than 1 per cent? adding that Senegal had earmarked 1. 4 billion CFA francs to buy antiretroviral drugs (ARV).

Senegal Calls for Guinea to Honor Electoral Promises
Voice of America
(File)Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is calling for Guinea’s military ruler to keep his promise to hold elections later this year. When Army Captain Moussa Camara took power in Conakry seven months ago he telephoned Senegalese President Wade and asked him to be the international spokesman for his coup. With the United States and European Union condemning the military take-over President Wade said Captain Camara was an honest young man filling a dangerous vacuum following the death of long-time leader Lansana Conte. Wade said the ruling military council deserved international support because it was promising to hold free and fair elections.

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Guinea on alert for ‘attack plot’
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The West African state said armed men were gathering on the borders with Guinea-Bissau and Senegal to the north and Liberia to the south. An announcement on state-run national radio said drugs cartels were believed to be behind the plans. Guinea is a key transit point for drugs en route from the Americas to Europe. When the junta led by Captain Moussa Camara seized power some seven months ago it made the fight against drugs one of its key priorities. Several leading suspects have been arrested and are awaiting trial but the regime must have made powerful enemies in the process correspondents say.

Senegal’s black arts festival in December 2010: report
AFP
Speaking on the sidelines of a symposium on the United States of Africa Wade said Monday that the third FESMAN (Festival mondial des arts negres) will be held “in December 2010 that’s to say a year and a few months from now. “The first festival took place in Dakar in 1966 largely at the intiative of Leopold Sedar Senghor Senegal’s poet president and champion of black Africa’s cultural heritage. Lagos in Nigeria hosted the second in 1977. Senegal’s government officially postponed the third FESMAN which is to be held as a joint artistic and cultural venture with Brazil on July 21 because of organisational delays.

Senegal calls for joint efforts in fighting AIDS
Le Mali en ligne
He however called for more funding from the two groups with a view to dealing a final blow to the scourge. Ndiaye also said the religious groups could do a lot in the fight by raising the awareness campaign on the dangers of the disease. The Prime Minister said that the disease was more rampant in the region of Kedougou eastern Senegal where the mining companies had attracted a large population of migrants from other countries and regions. He pledged government’s determination to continue to fight the disease until the national prevalent rate fell to less than 1 per cent? adding that Senegal had earmarked 1. 4 billion CFA francs to buy antiretroviral drugs (ARV).
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Senegal records big fall in clandestine migrants bound for Europe
AFP
The number arrested by Frontex fell from 2743 in 2007 to 494 in 2008. Since the beginning of the year only 33 people have been apprehended and none since January 10. In total “we took 4481 people in for questioning between September 6 2006 and January 10 2009″ said Lieutenant Colonel Alioune Ndiaye the Frontex spokesman in Senegal. Ndiaye said the drop in the number of arrests was because of fewer departures.

RPT-UPDATE 2-ArcelorMittal suspends Senegal iron ore project
Reuters
PA is suspending development of itsFaleme iron ore project in Senegal as a result of the globaleconomic downturn a company source in the West African countrysaid on Friday. 2 billion project in the south-east of the countrywas due to begin producing steelmaking raw material iron ore in2011 and full production capacity was estimated at 25 milliontonnes per year. “We are suspending the project for the time being because ofthe economic situation worldwide but we hope to carry out theproject as soon as the situation gets better” the source saidspeaking on condition of anonymity. The project which included building a new port and railwayline would have created 10000 jobs for Senegalese workers thecompany said when announcing the inception of the plan in 2007.

Buddy flick walks line between life and death
London Free Press
Solo (Souleymane Sy Savane) is a cab driver in Winston-Salem N. Solo has a pregnant wife and a beautiful little stepdaughter and his heart’s desire is to work for an airline. He has a frequent fare in a older man named William (Red West).