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23 hrs ago | International Herald Tribune

UN food body denies Senegal's charge that it is an ineffective agency wasting money

“Does FAO bring 78.5 million babies into the world every year?”

ROME : The head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday denied accusations by Senegal's president that his agency has wasted funds and played a large role in the global food crisis. via International Herald Tribune

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Yesterday | CPJ Press Freedom Online

Two convicted of criminal defamation in Senegal

“We call on the appeals court to overturn the criminal convictions and prison sentences of Jules Diop and Serigne Saliou Samb”

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns criminal defamation convictions handed to two Senegalese journalists on Tuesday. via CPJ Press Freedom Online

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Tuesday May 13 | Rockbridge Weekly

RCHS Graduate Allyson Goldsmith To Share Impressions Of Senegal

RCHS Graduate Allyson Goldsmith will give a photo expose and talk about the challenges of everyday life in Senegal on Monday May 19 at 7:00 pm in the Piovano Room at Rockbridge County Library. via Rockbridge Weekly

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Sunday May 11 | Sudan.net

Gov't of Sudan to lodge complaint to UN Security Council against Chad

“Chad has nothing to do with this adventure”

Sudan announced on Sunday it would lodge an official complaint to the United Nations Security Council against Chad's government for its role in the rebel attack on Khartoum. via Sudan.net

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Saturday May 10 | The Age

Senegal joins Nigeria in dismissing biofuels food security risk

“Currently in Senegal only 50 percent of arable farmland is cultivated”

Senegalese experts said Thursday that biofuel production in Africa is not a threat to their country's food security, echoing a call for more jatropha tree production from Nigeria. via The Age

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Friday May 9 | Exploring International Law

Mutilations in Senegal

“They tied our hands before cutting off one ear each”

Map-- BBC The BBC is reporting : Armed men have cut off the left ears of 16 villagers harvesting cashew nuts in Senegal's rebel-hit Casamance region. via Exploring International Law

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Thursday May 8 | Reuters

Attackers slice ears off 17 people in Senegal

“All 17 people got their left ears sliced off”

Unidentified attackers sliced the left ears off 17 people in Senegal's restive southern province of Casamance, a region long plagued by separatist rebel violence, police in the West African country said on ... via Reuters

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Wednesday May 7 | BurlingtonFreePress.com

Vermont National Guard to forge relationship with Senegal

“We are increasingly living in a global village, and it's incumbent upon all of us to reach out and become culturally aware”

COLCHESTER - The Vermont National Guard will be working closely with the military from the Republic of Senegal as part of a U.S. effort to have closer diplomatic ties with nations from Africa. via BurlingtonFreePress.com

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Wednesday May 7 | AllAfrica.com

Senegal: Landmines Claim New Victims in Casamance

“I am convinced it is the rebels who have laid this mine and they are targeting the army”

One man was killed and 20 passengers injured when a bus drove over a landmine near the village of Lefeu, 70km north of the Casamance capital Ziguinchor on 1 May police said. via AllAfrica.com

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Tuesday May 6 | Buffalo News

2 killed in Somalia during riot over food prices

“Down with those suffocating us!”

Troops fired into tens of thousands of rioting Somalis on Monday, killing two people in the latest eruption of violence over soaring food prices around the world. via Buffalo News

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