By Diadie Ba
DAKAR, May 17 (Reuters) - A wave of power cuts in Senegal could
reach "unprecedented" levels as the West African state has a maximum of
eight days of fuel left to run its power plants, energy sector sources
said on Thursday. Power shortages across the poor country of 11 million
people have steadily increased in […]

The
teachers were on the way home from a general meeting that had been held
in the state capital Ziguinchor when they were attacked by police.

The
teachers who are currently involved in a dispute over pay and
conditions had asked for authorisation for a march. This request was
denied by the state governor. The teachers met in the town and […]

By Naomi Schwarz

Dakar
19 May 2007

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In the West African nation of Senegal,
fewer than 10 per cent of people have accounts at traditional banks.
Such accounts have traditionally been seen as only for the very rich.
But a growing network of branches extending into more remote areas
means that more people than before […]

BRASILIA, Brazil:
The presidents of Brazil and Senegal on Wednesday signed an agreement
opening the way for the production and use of biofuels in Senegal and
in the rest of Africa.
"Biofuels will provoke a revolution in Africa," Senegal’s leader
Abdoulaye Wade said in a speech after the meeting. "The entire
(African) continent wants to explore all possibilities … to become […]

Rival factions among Senegal’s former rebels have been fighting for
the last two weeks in the southern Casamance region near the border
with Gambia, military sources said Monday.
Former members of the
Movement of Casamance Democratic Forces (MFDC) had been fighting near
Ziguinchor, the main town in the Casamance region, said a source close
to the army there.
"Some village populations in […]

By Selah Hennessy

Dakar
14 May 2007

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Civilians from the northern Casamance
region of Senegal are being displaced again, following renewed fighting
between rebel groups. Hundreds of people are reported to have fled to
the nearby Gambian border region to find safety. Selah Hennessy reports
from the VOA West Africa bureau in Dakar.

Senegal

Local
journalist Alpha […]

afrol News, 15 May - Senegalese
voters are expected to return to the polls to elect their lawmakers on
3 June. But the polls will go on without the country’s major opposition
parties who are still crying foul over the conduct of the 25 February
Presidential polls, which ushered in the incumbent President Abdoulaye
Wade to power with over […]

Dakar - Campaigning began on Sunday for Senegal’s upcoming legislative
election in a vote expected to be anticlimactic because main opposition
groups have pledged to boycott.
About 15 parties have announced plans to boycott the election over
President Abdoulaye Wade’s refusal to change the electoral process.
Opposition leaders have called for the voter list to be revised and the
creation of […]

Campaigning began on Sunday for Senegal’s upcoming legislative
election in a vote expected to be anticlimactic because main opposition
groups have pledged to boycott.
Some 15 parties have announced
plans to boycott the election over President Abdoulaye Wade’s refusal
to change the electoral process.
Opposition leaders have called
for the voter list to be revised and the creation of an independent
structure […]

afrol News, 11 May - Macky
Sall, the Senegalese Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of a
multi-million dollar press house for the country’s media fraternity.
The
six-storey building project equipped with the latest technological
devices is expected to complete in 18 months time. It cost the
Senegalese government CFA 5 billions to erect the edifice. It will be
erected […]