Senegal
Republic of Senegal
République du Sénégal
CAPITAL: Dakar
FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of green, yellow, and red vertical stripes; at the center of the yellow stripe is a g...
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Senegal
Senegal, covering an area of 196,712 square kilometers (75,930 square miles), is the most westerly country in Africa. It has a population of around 10.6 million that belongs to various ethnic ...
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Senegal
POPULATION 10,589,571MUSLIM 94 percentROMAN CATHOLIC 4.9 percentAFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS 1 percentPROTESTANT 0.1 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
Situated on the Atlantic coast ...
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Area: 196,722 sq km (75,955 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 10,961,000Capital:
Dakar
Chief of state:
President
Abdoulaye
Wade
, assisted by
Prime Minister
Macky
Sall
On March 14, 2006, Senegales...
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Abdoulaye Wade, Senegal's 80-year-old president, was inaugurated Tuesday before a crowd of 60,000 that included more than 20 African heads of state.The crowd, decked out in the yellow and blue colo...
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The Rev. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, a rebel leader who fought for an independent state in Senegal's southern Casamance region for decades, has died. He was 78.The Roman Catholic priest died Satur...
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Scores of migrants who spent days at sea were missing and feared dead Sunday after their boat wrecked off Senegal's coast, the Red Cross said.About 150 people were believed to have been on the smal...
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President Abdoulaye Wade sought to win a second seven-year term in office Sunday, facing off against 14 challengers as voting began in an election to decide who will lead one of Africa's most stabl...
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The president of one of Africa's most stable democracies sought another five-year term Sunday, jostling with 14 contenders in a race that may hinge on the votes of young people hungry for jobs.Earl...
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Senegal's president appeared to have won the country's election outright Wednesday, according to nearly complete results released by regional vote-counting centers and reported by the state-run new...
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Street vendors protesting an attempt to clear them from the center of Senegal's capital clashed with police Wednesday, throwing rocks at officers who fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.Bands of y...
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The president of this West African country appeared to have a strong lead in the election Tuesday, garnering more than half the votes counted.President Abdoulaye Wade was leading 14 other contender...
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In one commercial, a mother says she hasn't seen her son since he left eight months ago. The scene cuts to a young man laying face down on a rocky shore, as Senegal's most famous troubadour says, "...
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