March 31, 2010
Senegal: Killing Babies to Hide Indiscretion
In Senegal women who become pregnant outside of marriage - their husbands living abroad - commonly kill their babies out of fear and shame. Read more »
March 20, 2008
Senegal: Rebels Act On Kidnap Threats in Casamance
Rebels belonging to the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) kidnapped 16 villagers in Bissine, 64 km east of Ziguinchor near the Guinea-Bissau border on 16 March… Read more »
January 24, 2008
Senegal: Lack of Basics Blocks Return of War-Weary Displaced
Despite a lingering landmine threat, families who years ago fled fighting in Senegal's southern Casamance region are slowly trying to return to their home villages. But a lack of… Read more »
December 07, 2005
West Africa: Climate Change Impacting Hard On Semi-Arid Sahel Nations
Three decades of increasingly patchy rains and drought are taking a heavy toll on the people of the Sahel nations, the semi-arid countries strung along the southern fringes of the… Read more »
November 22, 2004
Senegal: Remnant Mines Continue Senseless Deaths in Casamance
After 22 years of a now-fading conflict, the sentries that never sleep still kill and maim civilians in Casamance, the fertile southern area of Senegal enclaved between The Gambia… Read more »