A Blog Apart... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hundreds of protesters have marched through the streets of Dakar to urge Western leaders to keep their promises of Aids funding despite the gloomy economic outlook for 2009.
German Car Scene (Free subscription) | yesterday
Early start to the 2009 Dakar Rally: on Tuesday (02 December) over 700 rally vehicles – including 22 service vehicles of the Volkswagen factory team with their loads ready to go – embarked on their voyage from Le Havre (France) to Buenos Aires (Argentina).
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A United Nations-backed AIDS conference opened in Dakar, Senegal, today, with participants set to discuss how to sustain progress made in preventing new HIV infections and reaching more people with antiretroviral treatment.
World Food Program (Free subscription) | yesterday
Delegates are gathering in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to discuss the impact of HIV/AIDS at the 2008 ICASA conference. WFP's Deputy Executive director Sheila Sisulu explains why nutrition plays a vital role in the immune system of all people, including people living with HIV/AIDS.
Bikerholic (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Yamaha XT660Z Tenere has received minor updates for 2009 The name Tenere has been synonymous with Yamaha’s rugged Adventure Sport dual-purpose models since the original machine was first launched in the early 1980’s. Developed from Yamaha’s highly successful Dakar race-winning factory bikes, the original Tenere models built up a huge following of loyal owners during [...] Related posts: 2009 Yamaha...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
My family here is composed of Mama Arriette my brother Michel and my sister AnneMarie. There are two other sisters in the family one in France and another who lives in a monastery in Dakar either of which I have yet to meet. Although I donrsquot know much about Mama Arriette and never seem to pronounce her name just quite right I can tell that she is a mover and shaker in the community. Ther
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several hundred African HIV/AIDS advocates on Tuesday marched in Senegal's capital of Dakar to urge U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to fulfill funding commitments for HIV/AIDS efforts, Reuters reports. The advocates demonstrated ahead of the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, which will take place from Dec. 3 to Dec. 7 in Dakar.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
As the 15th edition of the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) opened in Dakar, Senegal yesterday, African leaders have urged emphasis on prevention, treatment and research.
Global Intelligence News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Global Intelligence News / IPS Ebrimah Sillah DAKAR, Dec 3 (IPS) - Mauritania’s security forces are again accused of routine and systematic torture of political opponents and Islamists accused of links with international terrorist groups. A report released by Amnesty International today details cruel violations of human rights, poor prison conditions and a judicial system [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
DAKAR, Senegal -- The torture of prisoners including al-Qaida suspects has increased under the military junta that rules Mauritania, where security forces routinely abuse detainees with electric shocks, burnings, beatings and sexual violence, an international rights group said Wednesday.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
DAKAR (Reuters) - Mauritanian security forces routinely torture detainees, using electric shocks, burns and sexual violence, and this has increased since a military coup in August, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
DAKAR (Reuters) - Several hundred African anti-AIDS campaigners paraded giant puppets of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday to demand that they deliver promised funds for plans to fight the disease.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
DAKAR, Senegal - Zimbabwe's opposition leader called on the African Union Monday to mediate his nation's ongoing political crisis, saying attempts by southern African states had failed. Morgan Tsvangirai was in Senegal for talks with President Abdoulaye Wade, who he said he had met to seek advice. "The mediation of SADC (the Southern African Development Community) has not succeeded," Tsvangirai told...
AutoMotoPortal.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
The world’s greatest motorsporting challenge, the Dakar Rally, switches continents to South America next month after 29 editions of the event in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Travels with a Dakar The Long Way Home MeanderingsI take my final farewell of Geoff and Mark and Kay and Amadou and ride out of Sevare to the sound of church bells calling the faithfull to Sunday mass. Market15 miles outside the village there are two but mostly four wheeled carts drawn by donkeys and horses. They full of brightly clad groups of people families friends chatting and laughin
