from PolitisiteDoonesbury artist Garry Trudeau slams Democratic Strategist Lanny Davis on his Lobbying for Ivory Coast dictator Laurent Gbagbo in a six-figure deal. Lanny not liking this,...
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A step backward on human rights in Africa Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu decries the horrific state of affairs for Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people in Africa. Tutu, an anti-apartheid...
The African Renaissance statue in Senegal is nearly complete, just in time for criticism on many fronts. The statue, built overlooking Senegal's capital city of Dakar, depicts a muscular man holding aloft a child...
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Urgent meeting held to resolve Spanish vessel hijacking Members of the governments of Spain and Somalia will have an emergency meeting to work out a solution to the hijacking of the Alakrana vessel,...
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São Paulo - 05/26/2009 - Brazil and Senegal have established new commercial and cultural bridges.
Brazilian and Senegalese executives and diplomats held important meetings this Tuesday at the Federation of the...
BY ALEXANDER KNETIG, SCIENCES PO, SPECIAL TO THE MEDILL NEWS SERVICE A lonely man is crossing the Savannah in his wooden horse cart, hand-painted in red, yellow and green, the national colous of Senegal. In this...
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BY MAKIKO KITAMURA [This story was published originally on Immigration Here & There, a project of the Medill School of Journalism] Momar Ba is back where he began, with little more than a harrowing story to...
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By Miriam Mannak In Senegal, nine men have received a nine-year jail sentence. Not because they killed, stole, pillaged, raped, abused, hijacked, hurt, stabbed, shot, assaulted or robbed - they were punished...
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Senegal yes to Camara; SouthAfrica says noSenegals president Wade 80 years, but fit like 60 , a balanced power president familiar with African habits asked world leaders to recognise Guinea's council with...
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h/t @jollyrulezIn a conversation with a @jollyrulez yesterday, he just made me realize that the only Olympic medals given out during the closing ceremony were all claimed by African Marathon runners - ensuring...
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" Chad ex-leader sentenced to death Hissene Habre's regime has been accused of widespread atrocities A court in Chad has sentenced to death former President Hissen Habre for planning to overthrow...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have ruled out any kind of reconcilation with Mugabe government. He also rejected any mediation conducted solely by South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, who the...
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"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...
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Nigeria has a tragic history of conflict between Shell oil and local interest groups. Today, militants attacked one of Shell's offshore oil rigs."Royal Dutch Shell was forced to shut down production of its Bonga...
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" Tambacounda is the largest region in Eastern Senegal. It lies across major transit hubs linking Senegal to four of their neighboring countries; The Gambia, Guinea-Conakry, Mali and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The region also has an Airport which is...
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