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3 February 2012

Senegal: A Week of Living Dangerously

Written by Marc-Andre Boisvert · Translated by Negarra Akili Kudumu · Breaking News, Governance

On January 31 in Senegal, the opposition came out in the streets to protest against a third term for incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade and other decisions taken by the country's Constitutional Council, resulting in violence and vitriol both offline and online.

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25 January 2012

Africa: 2012 Cup of Nations Kicks Off!

Written by Francois-Xavier Ada-Affana · Translated by Dan Horlor · Sport

The Africa Cup of Nations began in Bata, Equatorial Guinea this Saturday, January 21, kicking off three weeks of fierce competition. The Cup is the most important international football competition in Africa.

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23 January 2012

Zambia: Netizens Abuzz Over Senegal's Loss at AFCON 2012

Written by Gershom Ndhlovu · Sport, Citizen Media

When Zambia beat Senegal at one of the two opening games of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on January 21, Zambian netizens went abuzz on Facebook and Twitter to celebrate the victory even asking “Demba who?” referring to the Senegalese player, Demba Ba,the second top goal scorer in the Barclays Premier League.

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2 January 2012

From Sidi Bouzid to Kinshasa: Francophone Africa in 2011

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Freedom of Speech, Elections

The usual year-end review would hardly do justice to the epic changes that have turned Francophone Africa upside down, driven by the collective courage of its citizens who often faced violent repression while striving for emancipation from various dictatorships. Through the eyes of local citizen media, here are the highlights of 2011.

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22 December 2011

Italy, Senegal: Strong Reactions Follow Murder of 2 Senegalese Men in Florence

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Amanda Mc Lane · Ethnicity & Race

On December 13, Gianluca Casseri opened fired on a group of Senegalese in two outdoor markets in Florence. The horrific event resulted in the death of two street vendors from Senegal, as well as the perpetrator. Abdoulaye Bah reports on the country's reactions.

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12 November 2011

Italy/Tunisia: Migrants' Opinions of the Arab Spring

Written by Davide Galati · Translated by Ciara Nugent · Elections, Film

A documentary film, #Revolution, featuring the voices of some African immigrants living in Italy will be part of "Immaginafrica", a festival dedicated to African film-making organised by the University of Padua, Italy.

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26 September 2011

Protecting African Forests: Wangari Maathai's Legacy

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Development, Environment

Wangari Maathai, a prominent Kenyan environmental and political activist and 2004 Nobel prize winner passed away on September 25. She was the first African woman to be awarded the prize and is recognized worldwide in the fight to protect the environment on the African continent.

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18 September 2011

France, Africa: Suitcases Filled with Cash Expose the Françafrique Connection

Written by Claire Ulrich · Human Rights, Protest

In the wake of the Dominique Strauss Kahn scandal, a new furore is now rocking France and the upcoming 2012 French presidential campaign. Robert Bourgi, a shady lawyer and advisor for "African affairs" has confessed to acting as a go-between for French politicians and Francophone Africa heads of state.

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29 June 2011

Senegal: The Protests Will be “Twitterized”

Written by Marc-Andre Boisvert · Translated by Lova Rakotomalala · Elections, Digital Activism

On June 23, 2011, Dakar's streets were stormed by protesters. Their goal: derail the electoral reform that would allow the election of the president with 25% of the votes in the first round and would also propose a dual ticket with a vice-president, much like the American electoral system. The protests succeeded in getting the bill withdrawn - and Twitter played a significant role.

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France-Senegal: Anti-Wade Demonstrators Arrested by French Police

Written by Julie Owono · Elections, Protest

Senegal is eight months from its presidential elections in February 2012. The country's civil society has already protested against various attempts by the incumbent president, 85 year-old Abdoulaye Wade, to hold on to power.

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Updates about Senegal

5 January 2012

English

Jemilla looks at Africa's election trail in 2012: “Youssou Ndour - world renowned Senegalese musician - just announced his candidature for Senegal's presidential election on February 26, 2012! I'll admit, the first person I thought of when I read the news was Wyclef Jean who put in a similar bid for Haiti's presidential seat in 2010.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

4 January 2012

English

Erik believes that 2011 was a great year for startups in Africa: “The past few years have been about building an infrastructure that improves the chances of the technology startups in Africa to succeed. Seeing this buildout in action in 2011 was exciting, but it should be recognized for what it really was: a setup for 2012 and beyond.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

29 December 2011

Italian

Following the murder of two Senegalese men in Florence, Italy, migrant African workers released an open letter on the web [it] to renew their call for dialogue with citizens of Rosarno, where in January 2010 violent riots took place. ‘Those that in the past few days have spread fear when talking about us will be held accountable.’ they write. ‘We’re here to work and contribute to the development of this town and region.’

• Ylenia Gostoli

21 November 2011

English

Open Doors 2012 focuses on Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa: “Following on from India in 2011, the next edition of Open Doors, the Festival del film Locarno’s co-production lab, will be devoted to francophone Africa…Application forms for Open Doors 2012 are available on www.onopendoors.pardo.ch and are restricted to projects from francophone Sub-saharan Africa”

• Ndesanjo Macha

10 November 2011

French

Writing about the 2011 African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) held on November 10-11 in Tunis, EVINA in the africapress.over-blog.com provides possible reasons [fr] for the increase in the number of participants: 55 people attended the first edition that took place in Dakar (Senegal) in November 2008, and 250 participants gathered in Yaounde, Cameroon in 2010.

• Abdoulaye Bah

13 October 2011

French

Mengue M'Eyaà review the proposals [fr] outlined by the French presidential candidates towards the African continent during the primary elections. She notes that all the proposals centered around how France can exit the Françafrique paradigm and that the candidates have a more nuanced understanding of several African issues such as the transition towards an effective democracy, foreign aid and accountability in governance.

• Lova Rakotomalala

28 September 2011

French

Starafrica comments [fr] on the Afrobasket Women Championship 2011 currently being hosted in Bamako, Mali: ” Mali, the host country and vice-champion, and Senegal, winner of the last Championship, are very convincing during this 22nd edition […]. The two national teams remain invincible. Coming up on the horizon is a final between Mali and Senegal on October 2, as in the previous Afrobasket Women Championship.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

30 August 2011

French

Mamadou Sarr on assirou.net reveals [fr] how much money Senegal provides for pilgrimages: “The Senegalese government subsidizes the pilgrimage to Mecca to the tune of 1 billion 350 million CFA Francs [around 2.8 million USD] on years when no Christian pilgrimage to Rome is organised, and 1 billion CFA [around 2.1 million USD], on years like the current one, when both pilgrimages occur. The administration grants 350 million CFA Francs [around 746,000 USD] to the Christian pilgrimage every two years.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

21 August 2011

French

After a year of blogging on blog platform Mondoblog, Sow shares [fr] how difficult it is to connect from his hometown in Guinea, located 500 km from the capital Conakry: “This country is plagued with a standard access to the Internet that breaks every record of slowness. If you add the age-old problem of power shortages, blogging from a GSM mobile connection in these conditions is far from a picnic. Up to a full day to write an article, edit it, upload images and dispatch the link across social networks! Some ask me: “So, did you find a job?” The answer is no, knowing that I already have one: blogging!”

• Abdoulaye Bah

18 August 2011

English

Participate in YoBloCo Awards and win up to 3,000 Euros: “The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), in collaboration with FARA, Yam-Pukri, CAFAN, AYF, ANAFE, SPC/PAFPNET is organizing the Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition (YoBloCo Awards).”

• Ndesanjo Macha