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El Hadji Diouf To Run For President of Senegal

Senegalese footballer El Hadji Diouf could run for the presidency of his home country. Diouf, now 37, spent two seasons...

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Rihanna Meets Prez. Akufo-Addo

American artiste, Rihanna was in Dakar, Sengal over the weekend. She was in the West African country as part of her...

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Africa Can Finance Its Education

Africa cannot depend on others to finance education on the continent, when it has the wherewithal to do so, President...

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We Have the Resources To Finance Education In Africa – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Africa has the resources and capacity to finance access to quality education...

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Journalists From West and Central Africa Schooled On New HIV Plan

About 30 journalists from 25 West and Central African countries have undergone capacity training on a new HIV Catch-Up...

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West Africa’s Common Currency Campaign

Eight ECOWAS countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo) jointly use the...

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7 Lesser Known Facts About The Fmr Accra Mayor

Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije is a Ghanaian politician and former Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly...

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Senegal Ruling Party Coalition Claims Election Landslide

The ruling coalition of Senegal's President Macky Sall won a widely expected landslide in a legislative election, his...

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President Sall Faces Double Challenge As Senegal Elects MPs

Senegal holds a legislative election on Sunday following a campaign gripped by tension between the rival coalitions of...

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Senegal Crackdown Fails To Improve Lot of Child Beggars

Dawn has barely broken as three of Senegal's estimated 50,000 child beggars dart through the capital's streets, hoping...

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Motorsports Boom In China

Trailing enormous plumes of dust, the Silk Way rally cars tore through the Gobi Desert bound for China's Imperial city...

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Senegal’s Supreme Court Rejects Bail For Divisive Mayor

Senegal's Supreme Court rejected bail for Dakar's popular mayor on Thursday, preventing him from campaigning in...

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Peace Deal Eludes Senegal’s Casamance, 35 Years On

In Senegal's southern Casamance region, new houses dot a landscape once dominated by abandoned ruins full of bullet...

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In China, High Security For Off-Road Race

Dozens of police officers wearing bulletproof vests and toting assault rifles guard the camp of an international...

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Senegal Football Club Suspended After Stadium Tragedy

Senegal's US Ouakam team was suspended from the country's football federation on Monday after accusations its...

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E/R Security Agencies Trained In Fighting Drug Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has organized a two weeks basic drugs workshop for law enforcement...

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Senegal: Demba Diop Stadium Collapse Kills Eight

A wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal on Saturday, killing eight people and injuring almost 90. It fell in...

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Eight Dead In Wall Collapse At Senegal’s Demba Diop

Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. It happened...

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Senegal Suspends Sports Events After Football Deaths

Senegal on Sunday suspended all sports and cultural events until elections at the end of the month, a day after eight...