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Food Insecurity Threatens 2.1 Million
Up to 2.1 million Senegalese are facing food insecurity linked to high food prices and a poor 2007 harvest, according to an inter-ministerial government assessment.
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New Strategy Afoot for Senegalese Jewellery Producers
The Minister of Industries, Mines and Technological Development, Badel Ndanga Ndinga yesterday discussed with the Senegalese Ambassador to Cameroon, Fatou Sarr Ba, the way forward for the Jewellery production sector, particularly that which is handled by Senegalese resident in Cameroon.
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Police Raid Newspaper Printing House
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the Senegalese authorities to put an end to the attacks on media and independent journalists and to build a new relationship with journalists. The call comes after a police raid of a printing house to prevent distribution of the newspaper L'As and the interrogation of the paper's publisher.
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Cost of Living Soars in Capital City
For almost a decade, Dakar residents, pressurised by the continuously rising cost of rent have been saying: ?We have reached the ultimate limit; it cannot reasonably go any higher?.
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Water Still a Problem in Dakar
Dakar's suburban communities still deal with irregular access to water. The problem is especially pressing for neighborhoods such as Yeumbeul, Diamaguene et Cambérène.
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High Cashew Prices Benefit Rebels
The soaring price of cashew nuts in Senegal's restive southern region Casamance is lining the pockets of armed rebels according to Ismaïla Diédhiou, an agricultural expert who works at the local development association ASPRODEB.
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RSF Concerned As President, Other High Officials Make Pro-Censorship Comments, Justify Attacks On Journalists
RSF is worried about recent comments made by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and certain government ministers and ruling party legislators indicating a desire to step up censorship of the independent press.
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Oppostion Protests New Presidential Term
Senegalese MPs voted late Tuesday an amendment to the country's constitution extending the presidential term from five to seven years amidst opposition protests and concern from independent experts.
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Disturbing Comments About Media By President Wade
Reporters Without Borders is worried about recent comments by President Abdoulaye Wade and certain government ministers and ruling party legislators indicating a desire to step up censorship of the independent press.
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WFP Gears Up Response to High Food Prices
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding operations in West Africa to feed an additional 1.4 million people hard hit by high food prices in Guinea, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Senegal.
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