Senegal NewsNews on Senegal continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.MAURITANIA: Military ousts president, seizes power- August 13, 2008 International leaders, heads of states and human rights lobbyists have condemned the military ouster of Mauritania's President Sidi Mohamed ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and Prime Minister Yahya ould Ahmed Waghf on 6 ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/mauritania-military-ousts-president-seizes-powe... ICC prosecutor briefs Senegal's president on Darfur case- August 12, 2008 The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Monday briefed the Senegalese president about the ICC investigation in Darfur as part of an effort to urge African leaders to help end ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/icc-prosecutor-briefs-senegals-president-on-dar... MAURITANIA: Coup leader moves forward despite international condemnation- August 12, 2008 DAKAR, 11 August 2008 - Recent visits between coup leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and leaders from the African Union, League of Arab States, United Nations, and Mauritania's major donors have prompted both ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/mauritania-coup-leader-moves-forward-despite-in... Senegal sacks minister for overspending- August 11, 2008 Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has sacked Budget Minister Ibrahima Sarr for allowing government departments to overspend by 109-billion CFA francs , a Finance Ministry official said late on Friday.http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/senegal-sacks-minister-for-overspending?fromrss... La Casamance, Senegal: A Social Documentary- August 10, 2008 I spent part of the summer of 2006 in Senegal, the western most country in Africa.http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/la-casamance-senegal-a-social-documentary?fromr... SENEGAL: Food insecurity threatens 2.1 million- August 8, 2008 Up to 2.1 million Senegalese are facing food insecurity linked to high food prices and a poor 2007 harvest, according to an inter-ministerial government assessment.http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/senegal-food-insecurity-threatens-2-1-million?f... Senegal: Cost of Living Soars in Capital City- August 7, 2008 For almost a decade, Dakar residents, pressurised by the continuously rising cost of rent have been saying: "We have reached the ultimate limit; it cannot reasonably go any higher". Year after year, the ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/senegal-cost-of-living-soars-in-capital-city?fr... Farming A Deadly Risk in Mine-Laden Southern Senegal- August 6, 2008 In the face of soaring food prices worldwide the Senegalese government recently launched a plan to boost local production of staple foods like rice.http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/farming-a-deadly-risk-in-mine-laden-southern-se... Greenpeace cites rising e-waste in Africa- August 5, 2008 DAKAR, Senegal - Greenpeace called on the world's electronics companies Tuesday to eliminate hazardous chemicals from their products, saying toxic waste from wealthy nations' gadgets ends up being dumped in ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/greenpeace-cites-rising-e-waste-in-africa?fromr... Bill Clinton Announces AIDS, Malaria Initiatives- August 5, 2008 Hundreds of thousands of deaths caused by AIDS and malaria will be averted with better treatment programs, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said yesterday in announcements in two West African nations.http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/08/bill-clinton-announces-aids-malaria-initiatives... |