Fahamu (Oxford)
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October 5
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Senegal: In Search of Justice for Victims of the African Titanic [opinion]
On 26 September 2002, the Senegalese government-owned ferry Le Joola capsized off the coast of The Gambia, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths. Thought to be the second worst... Read more »
July 13
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Africa: Women Demand Firm Action to End Mali Crisis
We urge the government of Mali to mobilize the country to recover occupied national territory and to combat fundamentalism and lack of respect for the rule of law.' Read more »
May 11
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Africa: Senegalo - Gambian Relations - Continuities in the Past and Future
Close ties between Senegal and The Gambia go back many decades. But the collapse of the Senegambia Confederation underscores one lesson among many: Every effort must be made to... Read more »
April 6
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Senegal: Macky Sall's Election Restores Hope to the Country [opinion]
The most salient outcome of the presidential elections in Senegal is a heightened, irreversible sense of empowerment; the notion that ordinary people constitute the first and most... Read more »
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West Africa: Senegal and Mali - Two Coups, Two Reactions [opinion]
The AU and ECOWAS need to act consistently and decisively to protect and uphold democracy when it is threatened by either military or civilian coups. Read more »
March 30
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Senegal: Macky Sall - Any Lessons for the Sleeping Giant? [opinion]
In Nigeria, the powers that be have decided that opposition politicians, people like Senegal's Macky Sall, will have to wait for sixty years before they can ever become president. Read more »
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Senegal: Game of Thrones - Whose Victory? [opinion]
Macky Sall should be supported, but people should be suspicious and vigilant. He is, after all, Wade's protégé. Read more »
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Senegal: Senegal - I Live in a Democratic African Country... [analysis]
Relief after news of Sall's win and democratic transition following Senegal's contested presidential election. Read more »
March 23
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Senegal: Presidential Elections - a Missed Opportunity [analysis]
The stakes of the elections of 26 February 2012 and March 18, 2012 concern the whole of West Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Actually this is one episode in a political struggle... Read more »
March 5
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Senegal: How Obasanjo Sidetracked the Opposition [analysis]
It can be argued that the opposition was the main loser in the so-called mediation initiative by former Nigerian President Obasanjo. Obasanjo also kept M23 busy enough to abandon... Read more »
February 24
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Senegal: Abdoulaye Wade, Are You a Fraudulent Pan-Africanist? [opinion]
President Wade wants a third term in office over the dead bodies of Senegalese people. Yet this is the same man who has tried to identify with Pan-Africanism. After Sunday's... Read more »
February 3
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Senegal: President Wade v. the People
The deadly violence that has broken out in Senegal seems surreal even to the most seasoned analysts of the West African nation's political evolution. Angry Senegalese believe... Read more »
July 29, 2011
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Senegal: An African Response to 'There is No Alternative' [analysis]
For the past three decades, neoliberalism has insisted that 'there is no alternative' to semi-colonialism and the diktats of the IMF and World Bank. But, writes Senegal's Guy... Read more »
July 5, 2011
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Senegal: Nation on the Rise [opinion]
The people of Senegal are out in protest over President Abdoulaye Wade's efforts to manipulate the country's constitution, writes Sokari Ekine in this week's round-up of African... Read more »
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Senegal: Green Thursday in the Life of the Nation [opinion]
The inspiring uprisings in Senegal represent 'a ticking bomb finally exploding', writes Arame Tall, with a highly diverse cross-section of Senegalese society out in force to... Read more »
June 27, 2011
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Senegal: The Coming of Age of an Heir Apparent [opinion]
The picture of Karim Wade being introduced to US President Obama during the last G8 Summit in Deauville by Nicolas Sarkozy was at once a banal case of society events and a... Read more »
June 24, 2011
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Senegal: Violent Uprising in Dakar
'There is a violent uprising happening now here. In the city center of Dakar, in the suburbs and in the provincial areas. A lot of demonstrations and riots are happening,' writes... Read more »
June 10, 2011
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Africa: Water Privatisation - Senegal At the Crossroads
While the Senegalese government wishes to 'disengage financially from the water sector', it is precisely the previous public management of water that has begun to improve... Read more »
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