Senegal

Senegal sacking over paper raids

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Senegal's Aviation Minister Farba Senghor is sacked over alleged links to raids on two newspapers.

Belgian married gay couple jailed in Senegal for "acts against nature"

PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

A 61-year-old Belgian and his 63-year-old Senegalese husband have been sentenced to two years in jail for "homosexual marriage and acts against nature."

Senegal dismisses minister accused of press raids

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

Source: Reuters By Diadie Ba DAKAR, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade dismissed his party's powerful propaganda chief from the government on Thursday after newspapers accused the minister of ...

Senegal: Committed fraud against Belgian authorities, arrested for gay marriage

Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | yesterday

Senegal has jailed a Belgian retiree and his male Senegalese domestic helper for two years for "homosexual marriage and acts against nature," their lawyer said Thursday. Richard Lambot, 61, and Moustapha Gueye, 63, who wedded in Belgium -- where civil gay marriage is legal -- last month, were sentenced by the Dakar regional court on Augusut 21, said lawyer Seyni Ndione. "To help Moustapha Gueye get...

• Senegal Arrests Married Gays - Queerty

Senegal names squad for World Cup qualifier against Algeria

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dakar, Senegal - Senegal's national football team manager Lamine Ndiaye on Friday named a 22-man squad for the resumed 2010 World Cup/African Nations Cup match against Algeria on 5 September in Blida.

Senegal to host 15th international conference on AIDS

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

Dakar, Senegal - The 15th edition of the international conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) will be held in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, from 3 to 7 December, organisers told PANA Thursday. The conference is organised every other year by the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), under the aegis of the hosting country.

Diesel-Powered Mitsubishi Racing Lancer: Unstoppable

Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org (Free subscription) | yesterday

For those of you out there that have not seen any coverage of the Paris to Dakar race, you really should check it, it’s flat out amazingIt’s like a round from the World Rally Championship, only more insane, and somehow deadlier. This years running was canceled because of “terrorist fears”. Most of the time, that’s [...]

• Diesel-Powered Mitsubishi Racing Lancer: Unstoppable - AutomoBlog.net

Reading defender Sonko joins newcomers Stoke in £2.5m deal

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday

Reading defender Ibrahima Sonko has joined Premier League new boys Stoke City for £2.5m. The Senegal international becomes manager Tony Pulis' seventh signing of the summer.

Potters land defender Sonko

Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has added Ibrahima Sonko to his defensive options after signing the 27-year-old from Reading for an initial transfer fee of £2million. The Senegal international, who has penned a three-year contract with the Potters, ...

Senegalese President sacks minister

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dakar, Senegal - President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal Thursday dismissed the Minister of Air Transports and Craft Industry, Mr. Farba Senghor, Information Minister and government spokesman, Mr. Abdou Aziz Sow, announced on the national television.

Formulation of West Africa's EPA market access offer to the EU

Voices from the South Centre (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

Mr. Darlan Marti, Programme Officer, Trade for Development Programme participated in workshop organized by the commission and secretariat of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and West Africa's Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) on 4 and 5 August 2008 in Dakar, Senegal for the validation of a regional list of sensitive products with a view to preparing the West Africa's EPA

Charley Boorman's latest adventure

Reading matters (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

It looks like Charley Boorman has hit the road again. And this time he didn't take Ewan McGregor with him.The veteran of Long Way Round, Long Way Down and Race to Dakar, has just completed a new expedition in which he travelled from his home in Wicklow, Ireland, to Sydney, Australia overland by any means possible. According to his official website, Charley used "more than 110 modes of transport to...

CONFERENCE/INVITATION

Derska Pharmacy Look (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

CONFERENCE/INVITATION Dear friend, My name is delsin onida, female, working with (WORLD YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN WELFARE) California, U.S.A. We are organizing a global youths combined conferences taking place from 21st - 24th october 2008 at California in the United States and in, Dakar Senegal from 28th -31st october 2008. In our request to invite people from various countries around the world,...

Media urged to disseminate information in cholera control

Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

Dakar, Senegal - The head of Senegal's National Hygiene Service, Dr Samba Ndiaye, on Wednesday urged the media to play a crucial role in educating the public on cholera management and control, as at least 100 cases have been reported.

Mitsubishi Racing Lancer: preview to the series Crossover

eurocarblog (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

Mitsubishi will have its debut at the next edition of Dakar, in South America, with a brand new car - the Racing Lancer. This prototype, news of it sent to us by the guys at Motorsportblog.it could[...]