Tag: Senegal

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BARGNY, Senegal — Adama Ndiaye got up before dawn to travel about 25 miles (40 kilometers), hoping that she would be able to get...

Last chance for Tokyo: Final 4 Olympic hoop qualifiers begin

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Toronto coach Nick Nurse is an American. Born in Iowa. Owns a home in Florida. A lifetime fan of the Chicago Cubs. ...

Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12

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DAKAR, Senegal — Guinea has declared an end to an...

African Union suspends Mali after coup, threatens sanctions

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DAKAR, Senegal — The African Union has suspended Mali and is threatening sanctions after the junta leader grabbed back control of the government last...

David Diop wins International Booker Prize with WWI story

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LONDON — A harrowing but poetic tale of comradeship, colonialism and the horrors of war won the International Booker Prize for fiction on Wednesday. ...

Key events in Mali that led to a coup and rule by junta

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DAKAR, Senegal — A timeline of key events in Mali that led to another power grab in the troubled West African nation. ...

Former world track chief Diack back in Senegal after release

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DAKAR, Senegal — Disgraced former world athletics head Lamine Diack returned home to Senegal late Monday after a local soccer club paid a bond...

Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing

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BARGNY, Senegal — Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and...

Ban of African stadiums puts World Cup qualifiers in doubt

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BLANTYRE, Malawi — The African soccer confederation under new president Patrice Motsepe has banned 20 of its 54 member countries from using their stadiums...

Black candidate challenges political status quo in Spain

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MADRID — Two young Senegalese men met on a Europe-bound migrant boat in 2006, a year that saw a record influx of Africans to...