Paris-Dakar Rally
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
From Iba Mar Diop Stadium in Dakar, the concert is aimed to raise global awareness of the devastating effects of malaria across Africa. Hosted by Andrew Kershaw and features Youssou N'dour, Ang�lique Kidjo and many others.
the style files (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Yesterday I posted some photo’s from the Pol’s Potten catalogue. One of the owners of this Dutch design label has a house in Dakar, Senegal. The house is decorated with an eclectic combination of modern accessories from Pol’s Potten and traditional African art. I especially love the paintings on the green wall in the image [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Thousands of people have been displaced from their homes in two districts of Dakar where houses should never have been built, according to Seydou Sysall, the former Senegalese minister of development and urban planning.
Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Remember the February arrests of of five gay men in Senegal who were accused of participating in a same-sex wedding? Their release from a Dakar jail triggered a wave of anti-gay riots and arrests across the country. An inspiring follow-up...
Cheapflights.com Flight News (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
No misprint, South African Airways is selling seats as low as $244 each-way between the United States and both Johannesburg (JNB) and Dakar (DKR). Fly on off-peak days. In this instance, that means Tuesdays and Wednesdays from November 4 through...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
"From education through health, fashion, art and culture to women’s empowerment, Cameroonian women are telling the stories of their lives on the web," writes our new author, the Dakar-based Cameroonian journalist George Esunge Fominyen.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Often cited as saxophonist John Coltrane's first album as leader, Dakar--recorded on April 20, 1957--is a usurper. Originally credited to the Prestige All Stars (and released as part of a short-lived experiment with 16-rpm discs), it was only credited to Coltrane on its re-release in 1963, when the...
Smarter Travel (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
South African Airways' deal includes flights from New York or D.C. to Dakar and Johannesburg. Travel is valid in November and early December.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
El Malick Seck, jailed editor-in-chief of the privately-owned newspaper "24 Heures Chrono", will appear in a Dakar court on 28 October 2008 to answer defamation charges brought against him by the country's Minister of the Interior, Sheikh Tidiane Sy.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Today marks the 22nd day in country. To say a lot has happened so far would be a significant understatement. I've come a long way from the initial shock experienced when walking out of the Dakar Airport.To understand why I'll describe the scene. We arrived around 500am locale time and were greeted by dozens of locals from small tattered children to grown men approaching us wanting to carry our b
Baja Racing News LIVE! (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The new “Dakar“: four Race Touareg cars to start in South America 100 days until the 2009 Dakar Rally in Argentina and Chile From Wolfsburg, Beerlandia (25 September 2008). A new continent, the same challenge: on 03 January 2009 – after 29 rounds in Africa – the legendary Dakar Rally 2009 will start in South America for the first time in its history. Among the vehicles moving across the starting ramp...
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A new command takes over all U.S. military operations in Africa on Wednesday, a program that many Africans fear has a hidden agenda skewed by the war on terror and a self-interested scramble for resources. Before Africom was created one year ago, American military programs on the continent had been divvied up among three other commands more concerned with NATO and the wars in...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
From International Herald Tribune: DAKAR, Senegal: A new command takes over all U.S. military operations in Africa on Wednesday, a program that many Africans fear has a hidden agenda skewed by the war on terror and a self-interested scramble for resources. Before Africom was created one year ago, American military programs on the continent had been divvied up among three other commands more concerned...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
DAKAR, Senegal -- A new command takes over all U.S. military operations in Africa on Wednesday, a program that many Africans fear has a hidden agenda skewed by the war on terror and a self-interested scramble for resources.
Benn loxo du taccu (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Yeah, that’s me. And why am I posting a picture of myself dancing, or possibly conceiving some great idea, in early 2004 during a curry-cook/dance-off on a friend’s rooftop in Dakar? Because four years ago yesterday Benn loxo du taccu was born. Happy birthday, Benn loxo. It all started in Dakar after a [...]
