Floods hit Senegal
Dakar - Senegal's President Macky Sall is cutting short a private visit to South Africa to return to Dakar because of severe flooding that has claimed at least 13 lives, his office said Monday. Sall...
View ArticleAncient 'paint factory' unearthed
The kits used by humans 100,000 years ago to make paint have been found at the famous archaeological site of Blombos Cave in South Africa. The hoard includes red and yellow pigments, shell containers,...
View ArticleSenegal Senate abolished to pay for floods
Senegalese MPs have voted to abolish the senate as part of moves to help the victims of recent deadly floods. President Macky Sall has said the money reserved for the upper house -...
View ArticleWomen to get equal shot in Senegal elections
Senegal will vote for new lawmakers in an election Sunday set to put more women than ever in the national assembly thanks to a new law which requires an equal gender balance on party lists. The polls...
View ArticleClinton starts six-nation Africa tour in Senegal
Dakar: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Senegal’s capital Dakar late on Tuesday at the start of a six-nation, 11-day trip to Africa due to focus on regional peace and security. The US...
View ArticleTwo dead in Senegal anti-Wade protests: police
Two people were killed Monday in northern Senegal during clashes between security forces and opposition supporters protesting President Abdoulaye Wade's reelection bid, a police source said. The...
View ArticleSenegal's Sall: protege who toppled mentor
Macky Sall, who was sworn in as Senegal's president Monday, is a stolid 50-year-old geologist once tipped as Abdoulaye Wade's designated heir who defeated his former mentor at the polls. Sall took the...
View Article6 dead in weekend flooding in Senegal’s capital, says minister of the interior
DAKAR, Senegal — The Ministry of the Interior says that at least six people drowned this weekend, when torrential rains flooded the Senegalese capital of Dakar, as well as major cities in the...
View ArticleSenegal promotes fairer fighting in the wrestling ring
The new government in Dakar wants to clean up the violence and corruption that have permeated the country's national sport Fighting chance ... young men practise wrestling in the Senegalese village of...
View ArticleCeramics tell the story of an ancient Southwest migration
Approximately eight centuries ago, people living along the Colorado Plateau in what is now the Four Corners area faced a crisis. Environmental changes that devastated their agricultural practices and...
View ArticleLoftus Anglo-Saxon artefact haul wins cultural award
A collection of Anglo-Saxon artefacts discovered in East Cleveland has won a top prize at an Arts Council-sponsored cultural awards ceremony in Durham. The treasure, found at a grave site in Loftus...
View ArticleSinger Ndour handed post in new Senegal government
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's newly elected President Macky Sall has named his first government, handing the finance ministry post to former banker Amadou Kane and the culture and tourism ministry post...
View ArticleAnalysis: In Senegal, presidents concede defeat
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View ArticleIFRC president visits families hit by the floods in Senegal (IFRC -...
By Moustapha Diallo in Dakar Tadateru Konoé, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), recently paid a visit to families affected by severe flooding in...
View ArticleMurder Case Against a Sheik Tests Senegal’s New President
DAKAR, Senegal — The singsong chanting wafted over the seaside neighborhood all night, and during the day the poor flocked to the edge of the religious leader’s compound to share sumptuous open-air...
View ArticleClinton starts Africa swing in Senegal
AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Senegal's capital Dakar at the start of a seven-nation, 11-day trip to Africa due to focus on regional peace and security. The top diplomat,...
View Article6 dead in weekend flooding in Senegal - Wire World News - The Sacramento Bee...
DAKAR, Senegal -- The Ministry of the Interior says that at least six people drowned this weekend, when torrential rains flooded the...
View Article>6 dead in weekend flooding in Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Ministry of the Interior says that at least six people drowned this weekend, when torrential rains...
View Article6 dead in weekend flooding in Senegal's capital, says minister of the interior
DAKAR, Senegal - The Ministry of the Interior says that at least six people drowned this weekend, when torrential rains flooded the Senegalese capital...
View ArticleSenegal's Macky Sall makes his political comeback
Macky Sall shot to political stardom to become Senegal's prime minister before falling out with his mentor, President Abdoulaye Wade, whom he faces on Sunday in his first shot at the presidency. Sall...
View ArticleUnrest in Senegal as opponents tell president to cancel looming election
Abdoulaye Wade, seeking a third term after pledging to serve only two, plans to allow weekend poll to go ahead Abdoulaye Wade at a campaign rally in Dakar. Senegal is due to vote in presidential...
View ArticleDakar floods uncover ancient jewellery: researchers
Pieces of pottery, iron tools and jewellery dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Dakar after recent torrential rains flooded some suburbs, university researchers told AFP on Monday....
View ArticleSenegal Floods uncover Artefacts
Pieces of jewellery, pottery and iron tools dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Senegal's capital, Dakar, following recent floods, researchers say. The discovery was made at a...
View ArticleSenegal floods uncover fossils in Dakar
Pieces of jewellery, pottery and iron tools dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Senegal's capital, Dakar, following recent floods, researchers say. The discovery was made at a...
View ArticleSenegal floods uncover ancient artefacts in Dakar
Pieces of jewellery, pottery and iron tools dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Senegal's capital, Dakar, following recent floods, researchers say. The discovery was made at a...
View Article6 dead in weekend flooding in Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal The Ministry of the Interior says that at least six people drowned this weekend, when torrential rains flooded...
View ArticleAncient artefacts found in Mustang
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View ArticlePresident Zuma arrives in Dakar, Senegal for State Visit (South Africa...
(Source: South Africa Government) 01 October 2013 President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Dakar, in the Republic of Senegal for a two day State Visit, the first by a South African Head of State. The...
View ArticleSenegal: Graduation ceremony at the end of the seventh edition of the...
(Source: FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association) (FIFA.com) Tuesday 8 October 2013 Thirty-three students who successfully completed the FIFA/CIES Sport Management Programme at Cheikh...
View ArticleGreat success for Refereeing course in Dakar (FIVB - Fédération...
(Source: FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) Great success for Refereeing course in Dakar Dakar, Senegal, November 4, 2013 - A successful Candidate Refereeing Course wrapped up at Leopold...
View ArticleUdal artefacts allocated to isles' Museum nan Eilean
All artefacts from a site where evidence has been found for every age from the Neolithic to the 20th Century are to be kept on the Western Isles. Archaeology at Udal provides an "unbroken timeline" of...
View ArticleStudy Tour Takes Gambian Students to Key Facilities in Senegal
[Daily Observer]Dakar, Senegal -A weeklong study tour, undertaken by 68 members...
View ArticleAbolish Senegal Senate to fund flood relief, says Sall
Senegal's President Macky Sall has called for the country's Senate to be abolished, with the money saved going to pay for flood relief. He had cut short a visit to South Africa to deal with the severe...
View Article'Bronze Age' artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey
"Potentially Bronze Age" artefacts found at Anglesey Abbey could prove the site was occupied up to 2,000 years earlier than had been thought. The discoveries were made during work to...
View ArticleFlooding a Politically Charged Issue in Senegal
DAKAR — Flooding has killed at least 200 people and displaced tens of thousands throughout West Africa this year. In Dakar, the government is taking some interesting measures to help flood victims and...
View ArticleSenegal faces new protests over Wade election bid
Senegal's opposition rallied the nation to a fresh protest on Tuesday to force octogenarian President Abdoulaye Wade to scrap his candidacy for a controversial third term, which has sparked deadly...
View ArticleDigging up Sharjah’s rich past
SHARJAH - More than a hundred archaeological finds dating back to as early as the first BC and AD are on display for the first time in an exhibition that sheds light on ancient Sharjah’s trade history...
View ArticleArtefacts galore: City dig revealed as 'most important ever' in London
An archaeological dig in the heart of the City of London that has unearthed thousands of Roman artefacts has been hailed as "the most important excavation ever held in London" Just yards from the River...
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