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The 34th version of the extreme off-road race called Dakar Rally began January 5 in Lima, and will end January 20 in Santiago de Chile. The grueling 8,400 Km trek could damage archaeological sites and natural environments in three countries.
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After more than two months of being held in the port of Tema, Ghana, the Argentine frigate “Libertad” was freed following the Ghanaian government's decision to comply with a UN court ruling ordering its immediate release.
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Torrential rains in the African country of Senegal have killed at least 6 people, either by drowning or being crushed by falling buildings.
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Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea’s Nzalang Nacional romped into the quarter-finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (ACN) after notching a historic 2-1 victory over highly rated Teranga Lions of Senegal early Wednesday.
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Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour, who collaborated with international musicians like Peter Gabriel, Sting, and Neneh Cherry, will run for president in his home country.
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The Arabian Business magazine has named Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal the most powerful Arab in 2011. The Prince has been vocal in suggesting the need for political reform in the Arab World.
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Scientists say it's probable that they may have documented the first case of a virus contracted by a man who was bitten multiple times by insects and then sexually transmitted to his wife, according to a study published on 'Emerging Infectious Diseases.'
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The father of the World Wide Web is often considered by people to be Tim Berners-Lee, but Berners-lee has a new side project that he is working on in Mali and Senegal.
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France’s reputation for influence-peddling and widespread corruption in Africa is nobody’s secret, but Nicolas Sarkozy's reactions to the current electoral deadlock in the Ivory Coast indicate that France's shadowy African era may be coming to an end.
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Kolda -
About 3000 people marched with banners denouncing female circumcision and forced marriages in southern region of Kolda, Senegal on Sunday.
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Drug trafficking gangs in Latin America are buying cheap passenger and cargo airplanes to bring their illegal cargo to Africa as a “technical stop” required before transfer into Europe.
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Her name is Sister Fa. That's the showbiz name. Her real name however is Fatou Diatta. She is one of the rare Senegalese female hip hop artistes.
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A submarine cable linking West Africa to Europe which recently went live has been hailed as huge plus to the information and communication technology industries in Africa.
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Fighting has flared up between a separatist movement and Senegalese government forces. Two days after two rebel fighters were captured; the army is reported to be shelling rebel positions in the province of Casamance.
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Oxfam International says the effects of climate change are becoming more devastating and changes in localized weather patterns are affecting global food production. Oxfam warns that increased hunger will result.
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AIDS is killing so many politicians in southern Africa that their deaths are threatening the ability of governments and local authorities to function properly, a Cape Town researcher warns. South Africa alone is losing 28,000 young voters a month to AIDS.
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The International Court of Justice in The Hague holds hearings in April, requested by Belgium, about Senegal 's refusal to extradite convicted war criminal and self-exiled former leader Hissène Habré, who was sentenced in absentia in Chad...
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Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, has launched a new version of its malaria drug. 'Coartem' is now child friendly in a cherry flavor that is hoped will be less likely to be spit out and won't be as hard to administer to children.
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The United Nations today deplored the jailing of nine gay men who were members of a group working to provide condoms and HIV treatment in Senegal.
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One of the best-known Afrikaner anti-apartheid activists in the world -- the poet Breyten Breytenbach -- has launched a toughly-worded, often cynical broadside at Nelson Mandela’s habit of surrounding himself with ‘greedy, always needy sycophants’.
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