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• alleviate human suffering and disasters in emergencies,
• advocate for the rights of people in need, promote preparedness and prevention,
• and facilitate sustainable solutions.

The OCHA Regional Office for West Africa is based in Dakar, Senegal and supports the fifteen ECOWAS countries plus Mauritania.

The Diesel engines responsible for such transformation are being distributed in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with help from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Click here: Empowering West African Women with Diesel Engines

I came across this post on the Good News Network site. Now if you have read the ‘About’ page on the EWAN site you will have worked out by now that I’m probably a positive kind of person and believe in the power of sharing good news. Well, when I’m feeling low (not very often) this is the site I go too. Check it out. JC

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 In Senegal

With the current political atmosphere in The Gambia, which is characterised by arrests, threats, unlawful detentions, closures and burning of media houses, eavesdropping by security agents, suppression of information and a general sense of fear, the Dakar-based journalists, with their counter-parts in Banjul, felt it necessary to initiate an online media with the sole objective of providing the Gambian people with an alternative means of accessing impartial and independent information. Access to such information, according to these journalists, will enable the citizens of The Gambia to make informed choices on the political, economic, social and cultural wellbeing of their country.

In order to reach out to the larger Gambian communities especially those without internet access or facilities, programmes will be relayed by local radio stations in Senegal whose signals reach The Gambia. The programmes will also be downloaded onto CDs and tapes for free distribution across The Gambia and elsewhere.

For more information about AVG please contact:

Amie Joof
FAMEDEV
Telephone: +221 33 867 55 98
Email: Famedev@gmail.com

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

Africa Works - the slogan of the campaign developed by Fabrica - will appear on billboards and in the press throughout the world, from February 2008. It features Senegalese workers who have used micro loans to start small, productive businesses. Photographer James Mollison portrays them with the tools of their trade against a neutral background. They include, amongst others, a fisherman, a decorator, a musician, a jewellery-maker, a farmer, a tailor, two textile sellers and a boxer. These everyday people become tangible symbols of an Africa that uses the dignity of work to fight poverty, promote equitable development, maximise its resources and take back responsibility for creating its future.

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.

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