My daily romp around the city where I live in Senegal affords me a view of urban fashion trends. I’ve lived here for two years and speak the local Pulaar in addition to French, but no matter how “integrated” I’ve become with “the locals,” I’m aware that I’ll always be a foreigner. Being a constant [...]
3 August 2011 Last updated at 20:18 ET By Tim Judah Crossing Continents, Radio 4 Many of the street vendors commonly seen in Italy, France and Spain selling sunglasses, bags and souvenirs are members of a highly industrious, entrepreneurial branch of Sufi Islam, which has its roots in Senegal. At the entrance to Touba, Senegal’s [...]
By George Fominyen KEUR ISSA, Senegal, Aug 4 (TrustLaw) – Fatou Diakhate seemed so young when she was given away in marriage that her husband, Mori Diarra, took pity on the 13-year-old. Diarra, 30 at the time, spoke to Diakhate’s father and arranged for her to stay in her family home until she was 15. [...]
Partner of CIES since 2006, the Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) in Dakar (Senegal) has officially launched the sixth edition of the FIFA/CIES Programme in sport management. The courses will start in October 2011. The Programme enables people from various professional and sporting horizons to familiarise themselves with modern management tools in key areas such [...]
2011-08-02 A trade and transportation dispute between Mauritania and Senegal may be nearing an end. By Hamdi Ould Cheikh for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 02/08/11 [Hamdi Ould Cheikh] Mauritanian and Senegalese haulers were hit hard during the recent transportation row. Senegalese Prime Minister Soulayemane Ndene Ndiaye arrived in Nouakchott last week in an attempt to [...]
This section on the road to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ is one of the more difficult to call. Senegal are very much one of the in-form African teams of the moment, but then so are Uganda, who are topping their CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group. One of their opponents there is Angola, [...]
By Ibrahim SannieBBC Sport France youth striker Mbaye Niang has been handed a call-up by Senegal France youth striker Mbaye Niang has been named in Senegal’s squad to face Morocco next month. The 16-year-old is among four players who have been handed their first call-ups for the friendly in Dakar. Arsenal defender Armand Traore, who [...]
By Fred Kaweesi WHEN Cranes battled Senegal during the 2002 Nations Cup qualifiers on January 15th 2001, very few Ugandans knew or even recognised the West African side as a serious footballing nation. In fact, it explains why Ibrahim Sekagya at the time suffered relentless abuse from fans seated at the Kirussia end of Nakivubo [...]
By James Bakama I SAY SO A cold chill shot down my spine when I got news on Saturday that Uganda had been grouped with Senegal in the Brazil 2014 football World Cup qualifiers. Senegal is the last African team any side would want to face. Though placed behind the likes of Ivory Coast, Egypt, [...]
A protester throws back a teargas canister fired by police during an anti government demonstration in Lilongwe on July 20, 2011. (Photo: Amos Gumulira / AFP / Getty Images) After months of growing economic struggles, the southern African country of Malawi erupted into protests last week. Rioters took to the streets nationwide last Wednesday to protest [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]