Reporters Without Borders condemns police use of violence against journalists covering a banned street march against cost of living increases in Dakar yesterday afternoon, and a police raid yesterday evening on a TV station that was broadcasting footage showing how police broke up the protest. Click here for full article: Reporters Without Borders [...more]
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat and has as mission to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to: alleviate human suffering and disasters in emergencies, advocate for the rights of people in need, promote preparedness [...] [...more]
The mechanization of domestic tasks such as milling or husking grains (normally done with a mortar and pestle or grinding stone) can transform the time-consuming actions into profitable economic activities for rural West African women. The Diesel engines responsible for such transformation are being distributed in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal by the United Nations Development [...] [...more]
The Agency is an autonomous structure that was founded in July 2000. Its main purpose is to assist the Senegalese President in conceiving and implementing the policy regarding the promotion of investment and major projects. Its an interesting website that outlines some very ambitious projects and provides the reader with plenty of information about Senegal. Click here: Invest [...] [...more]
A group of Gambian media practitioners in Dakar, Senegal, and The Gambia have recently launched an online radio that features mainly issues affecting The Gambia. Radio Alternative Voice, found at www.radioavg.com on the World Wide Web, offers programmes in English, Mandingka and Wollof. With the current political atmosphere in The Gambia, which is characterised [...] [...more]
Increasing non-traditional exports and removing barriers to trade. Through USAID’s African Global Competitiveness Initiative, we’re connecting West Africa with the global market - including the U.S. under the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA). We have two locations: Accra, Ghana and Dakar, Senegal [...more]
Dakar, 13th February 2008. Benetton puts the spotlight on entrepreneurial Africa. Its global communication campaign for 2008 promotes the Birima micro-credit programme in Senegal, a co-operative credit society founded by the Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour. The programme will also receive financial support from Benetton Group. Africa Works - the slogan of the campaign developed by Fabrica [...] [...more]
BBC Network Africa - Radio programme [...more]
Index on Africa is a gateway to information on Africa on the Internet, with over 3.800 links sorted by country, subject and news. The Index has been created by The Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA), as a part of NCA’s efforts to raise awareness about Africa and African affairs. Senegal [...more]
