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President Wade survives assassination attempt

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Abdoulaye Wade has survived an assissanation attempt last night in a Dakar suburb. Last night's attempt on the life of the octogenarian president was...

SENEGAL: Weighing the benefits of solar stoves

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Researchers have sold over 1,000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal in a bid to prove that the ovens can improve child and maternal health and...

GLOBAL: Emergency education gains ground

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Humanitarian policy-makers have endorsed internationally-agreed standards on rebuilding education sectors shattered by crises, in a move experts say...

SENEGAL: "Worrying” rise in alcohol abuse

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Alcohol abuse in Senegal has reached “massive” levels but most addicts are not receiving the help they need, according to experts. “Over the last...

WEST AFRICA: Remittances set to fall in 2009

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

For the first time in over a decade remittances to sub-Saharan Africa are set to fall in 2009, increasing people’s vulnerability to poverty,...

GLOBAL: Helping health providers treat trafficking victims

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Health providers – frequently the first professional a trafficking victim consults for help – are often thrust into the fight against organised crime...

WEST AFRICA: End of rainy season won’t bring an end to cholera

Monday, November 03, 2008

West Africa’s rainy season is coming to a close, but the yearly cholera outbreak continues to claim lives throughout the region. In the hardest-hit...

SENEGAL: Government celebration of farming initiative "premature"

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Six months after President Abdoulaye Wade launched his agricultural growth initiative, small-scale farmers had mixed reviews even as the President on...

GLOBAL: NGOs pare down in face of financial crisis

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Some of the biggest development and humanitarian NGOs are laying off staff or revising programmes for 2009 as their income streams flatten because of...

MAURITANIA: Repatriated refugees returning to Senegal

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Dozens of young Mauritanians recently repatriated from Senegal are crossing back over into long-time refugee communities because schools in...

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