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17 hrs ago | Voice of America

Chad Arrests Accused Ex-President's Police Chief

Habre fled to Dakar in 1990 after being ousted in a military coup. The flurry of activity in Chad comes just months after Senegal launched a long-awaited special tribunal to try the former president for crimes against humanity "on behalf of Africa." Chadian justice officials have arrested former police chief Mahamat Djibrine.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News, Activism

Wed May 15, 2013

Globe and Mail

In Senegal, an African edifice on the precipice

Senegal's controversial $28-million "African Renaissance" statue, depicting a family rising triumphantly from a volcano, is unveiled during its inauguration ceremony in Dakar, April 3, 2010.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News, Africa, North Korea, Asia

Mon May 13, 2013

Global Voices Online

Chad: Interview with Chadian Blogger and Journalist Expelled from Senegal

One of our Observers , Makaila Nguebla , a Chadian opponent in exile in Dakar, was expelled during the night of 7 to 8 May by the Senegalese authorities.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Chad, Senegal, Tunisia, Guinea,

Scientific American

West Africa Struggles to Fill a Climate Knowledge Gap

Africa's Sahel has seen drought and downpours intensify, but scientists don't know whether the long-term trend is drier or wetter.

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Related Topix: Travel, Africa, Nigeria Travel, South Africa Travel, Nigeria Travel, Africa, South Africa Travel, Africa, Mali Travel, Africa Travel, Mali Travel, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Senegal Travel, Senegal, World News

Sun May 12, 2013

Yahoo!

Foreign spending cutbacks in store: Carr

Australia's embassy in Budapest will close as part of budget cuts to foreign affairs and a rejig of aid spending.

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Related Topix: Senegal, Travel, Africa Travel, Senegal Travel, World News

Sat May 11, 2013

Times Herald-Record

Phyllis Larkin

Phyllis Larkin died peacefully on May 10, 2013 with her children by her side. She will be remembered as a devoted sister, mother and grandmother who provided her family with a model of resilience and independence.

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Related Topix: Victor, NY, Troy, NY, New Paltz, NY, Cornwall, NY, Senegal, World News

Fri May 10, 2013

MBendi

IFC will further expand its investments in infrastructure in Senegal

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will further expand its investments in infrastructure in Senegal, as well as continue advising the government on public-private partnerships in infrastructure and other sectors, said Jean Philippe Prosper, IFC Vice President for Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Related Topix: Senegal, Africa, World News

The Globe and Mail

How a billionaire is cutting Africa's 'big men' down to size

Mo Ibrahim is working the room. Tossing off his jacket, rolling up his sleeves and prowling the convention room's stage with microphone in hand, the Sudanese billionaire banters with Macky Sall, the President of Senegal.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News, Africa, Stephen Harper

Canada.com

UNICEF: C. African Republic child soldier twice recruited by rebels killed by angry mob

DAKAR, Senegal - An angry mob stoned to death a 17-year-old soldier in Central African Republic who had been freed from a rebel group and moved to the capital for his own safety only to be re-recruited by armed fighters, the U.N. children's agency said Friday.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News, Central African Republic, Africa

Mail & Guardian

Powerful scions see immunity evaporate

It was something many Senegalese thought they would never see: Karim Wade, arrested at his home and put behind bars in Dakar's infamous prison.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News, Africa, Abdoulaye Wade, Equatorial Guinea

Wed May 08, 2013

WHBF-TV Rock Island

Red Cross visits 12 kidnapped by Senegal rebels

The aunt of one of three women held captive for about a decade in Cleveland thanked police for their help, asked the public for time and privacy to heal and urged the community not to retaliate against the suspects.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News

Tue May 07, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

WWF: Seleka rebels from CAR invade elephant park

DAKAR, Senegal The WWF said in a statement that suspected poachers belonging to the Seleka rebel group have entered one of Africa's most unique elephant habitats in the Central African Republic, and park guards saw them shooting in the direction of elephants.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News, Central African Republic, Africa

AlertNet

Quick view

DAKAR, Senegal Eight of the 10 worst nations in which to be a mother are in West and Central Africa, and the two others are also African countries, according to a new report by the international children's charity Save the Children.

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Warsaw Business Journal

Polish companies to invest in Senegal

Polish capital group Orenore Investment is investing in energy projects in Senegal, Puls Biznesu reported.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News

Mon May 06, 2013

The Charlotte Observer

SAfrican firm tries to free 12 workers in Senegal

DAKAR, Senegal A South African company which specializes in the removal of land mines has reached out to the government of Senegal and to the United Nations to try to win the release of their 12 Senegalese employees who were kidnapped last weekend in Senegal's southern Casamance region.

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Thu May 02, 2013

The Times-Picayune

A Jazz Fest find: couscous with sweet yogurt at Congo Square

The best discoveries at New Orleans Jazz Fest are the ones you stumble across by happenstance, say, when a rainstorm sends you scurrying into a nearby tent, or when a friend grabs you by the hand, and says, trust me, try this.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Senegal, World News

WNYC-AM New York

Baaba Maal On Mountain Stage

Senegalese singer Baaba Maal appears in this archival episode of Mountain Stage , recorded in January 1995.

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Related Topix: Baaba Maal, Folk, Senegal, World News

Brand Republic

A view from the top

Landed in Dakar, Senegal. Not on agency business, though I have made countless other trips to Africa to see our clients and offices.

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Related Topix: Africa Travel, Travel, Senegal Travel, Senegal, World News, Africa, Nigeria Travel, Nigeria Travel, Africa, South Africa Travel, Africa, Mali Travel, Mali Travel, South Africa Travel, Family, Kids, Opinion

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Book trade news from Book2book

African Books For African Readers

Founded in 2009, Amalion Publishing is an up-and-coming house that only publishes books by African authors.

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Related Topix: Senegal, World News

Mon Apr 29, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

HarperOne-Skoll Foundation Publishing Releases However Long the Night

When Molly Melching arrived in Senegal in 1974, she was a 24-year old graduate student looking forward to a six-month study abroad program.

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