Yesterday | 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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Senegal Forum & PollsSaturday 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
Friday May 9 | Exploring International Law
“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
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
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
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
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
Monday May 5 | The York Daily Record
UN chief says he is moving 'at full speed' on food crisis
“My task force will study the root causes of the crisis and propose solutions - to be executed decisively through coordinated global action - at the upcoming food summit in Rome early in June”
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is moving "at full speed" pushing efforts to tackle the world food crisis. via The York Daily Record
Monday May 5 | Deutsche Welle
Senegal's president slams FAO's handling of food crisis
Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has called for the United Nations' food agency to be scrapped. via Deutsche Welle
Sunday May 4 | Los Angeles Times
South Africa lifts 13-year ban on elephant killing
DAKAR, SENEGAL -- South Africa lifted a 13-year ban on killing elephants Thursday, a move conservationists warn could encourage poachers to slaughter the animals for ivory and threaten dwindling populations ... via Los Angeles Times
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