Senegal NewsNews on Senegal continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Chad, Sudan discuss joint border patrols- June 29, 2008 " Military experts from feuding neighbours Chad and Sudan met on Tuesday to discuss how to patrol their 1500 km long common border zone.http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/chad-sudan-discuss-joint-border-patrols?fromrss... Senegal: Finding Incentives for Peace in Casamance- June 27, 2008 Civilians are growing increasingly desperate to return to their villages in Casamance, but with violent incidents continuing and the peace process "still at a stalemate" according to peace negotiators, some see ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/senegal-finding-incentives-for-peace-in-casaman... Children die of lead poisoning in Senegal- June 26, 2008 The World Health Organisation has urged Senegal to decontaminate a poor area of Dakar where it found, after 18 children died, that nearly 1 000 residents remain exposed to high concentrations of brain-damaging ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/children-die-of-lead-poisoning-in-senegal?fromr... African leaders hold emergency meeting on Zimbabwe- June 25, 2008 MBABANE, Senegal - Southern African leaders will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss Zimbabwe's crisis, but the region's designated mediator, South African President Thabo Mbeki, will not attend, ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/african-leaders-hold-emergency-meeting-on-zimba... Lead from car batteries kills 18 children in African town- June 25, 2008 A cottage industry that employed people, including many mothers, to extract and resell poisonous lead from used car batteries has been blamed for the deaths of 18 children in a Senegal fishing town.http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/lead-from-car-batteries-kills-18-children-in-af... Chad: 'Africa's Pinochet' Still Eluding Justice- June 25, 2008 Inter Press Service Katie Vandever United Nations Two years after the African Union mandated Senegal to conduct the trial of Chadian dictator Hissen Habr, who is accused of thousands of political murders during ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/chad-africas-pinochet-still-eluding-justice?fro... UN declares fair presidential vote impossible- June 24, 2008 Outraged at the turmoil in Zimbabwe, the U.N. Security Council declared that a fair presidential vote is impossible because of the 'campaign of violence' waged by President Robert Mugabe's government.The 15-nation council Monday unanimously said it 'condemns the campaign of violence against the political opposition ahead of the second round of presidential elections,' which has resulted in the killing of scores of opposition activists and other Zimbabweans.The move came after opposition leader..http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/un-declares-fair-presidential-vote-impossible?f... Senegal: Exposure to Lead Batteries Kills Children- June 24, 2008 UN News Service The United Nations World Health Organization has dispatched a team of experts to Senegal after the death of a number of children in one of the suburbs of the capital, apparently from exposure to ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/senegal-exposure-to-lead-batteries-kills-childr... Tens of thousands accompany Eucharist through streets of Quebec- June 22, 2008 Nearly 25,000 Catholics from around the world poured through the narrow streets of Quebec City, accompanying the Eucharist in an outpouring of religious fervor absent from this city for at least half a century.http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/tens-of-thousands-accompany-eucharist-through-s... .com features news,analyses,and roundups of events in and about Africa- June 20, 2008 Rights groups under the banner of Solidarity for African Women's Rights have called for the immediate disbanding of militia grou p s called "Chipangano" to curb political violence in Zimbabwe ahead of the ...http://www.topix.net/world/senegal/2008/06/com-features-news-analyses-and-roundups-of-even... |