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  1. George Fominyen/AlertNet

    PHOTOBLOG: Song and dance amid Senegal's hunger crisis

    18 May 2012 17:06 BST | Comments (0)

    george-fominyen | Africa Views

    Do people facing starvation have time for fun and laughter?

  2. PHOTO BLOG: How different foods can help Senegal beat malnutrition

    02 May 2012 11:00 BST | Comments (1)

    george-fominyen | Solutions for a hungry world

    Can a blend of black-eyed pea, millet, maize, dried fruit and groundnut paste solve child malnutrition in Senegal?

  3. Moving beyond the « F » word …

    19 April 2012 15:04 BST | Comments (1)

    Nick Phythian | TrustMedia Trainers Blog

    When it comes to malnutrition, it's photographs of emaciated children and words like famine, crisis or emergency that make ...

  4. The Old Clinic - INFA

    German charities fight infant mortality in Senegal

    27 February 2012 17:03 GMT | Comments (0)

    Buya Jammeh | TrustMedia Alumni Blog

    In the outlying community of Touba Dialaw, four children have been dying at birth every day due to a lack of facilities.

  5. An environmental activist holds up a sign during a demonstration outside the U.N. climate summit in Durban (COP17), Dec. 3, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

    Citizens' groups lose faith in climate talks

    05 December 2011 14:05 GMT | Comments (0)

    Nelson Muffuh | Climate Conversations

    What seems to be fuelling negotiations is protectionism and horse-trading, not poor people's right to development

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    Capital:Dakar
    Currency:Franc (XOF)
    Time zone:GMT +0

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An anti-government demonstrator throws rocks at the police during a protest against Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade in the capital Dakar

An anti-government demonstrator throws rocks at the police during a protest against Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade in the capital Dakar

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