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Teranga: June 2011
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Monday, June 13, 2011. Senegal’s lifesaving board game. RNW - June 2, 2011 - Board games like monopoly, scrabble and ludo are used for fun and relaxation. But in a tiny, remote Senegalese village, a new board game is saving lives. By Sheriff Bojang Jnr, Dakar. Maternal mortality in Senegal is estimated at 1,200 per 100,000 births. The high rate is partly attributed to illiteracy and lack of adequate health information, particularly in the rural areas. RNW - June 1 -. She ha...
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Teranga: February 2012
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Friday, February 24, 2012. Unrest in Senegal as opponents tell president to cancel looming election. Abdoulaye Wade, seeking a third term after pledging to serve only two, plans to allow weekend poll to go ahead. It is one of west Africa. S more stable democracies, often singled out as an example to its benighted regional rivals. But Senegal. Is teetering on the edge of the kind of electoral confrontation that has troubled the likes of Ivory Coast. By 6pm, thousands of prot...
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Teranga: March 2011
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Sunday, March 20, 2011. Senegal united by anger. RNW - 19 March 2011 - Momodou Ba, Asse Sylla and thousands of others met at Dakar’s Independence Square this morning where they have gathered for one of the biggest anti-government protests in Senegal. By Sheriff Bojang Jnr. 26-year-old Ba has graduated from college in 2007. His initial plan was to find a job, save some money and start his own business. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). More than ten years of journalism experience.
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Teranga: Unrest in Senegal as opponents tell president to cancel looming election
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Friday, February 24, 2012. Unrest in Senegal as opponents tell president to cancel looming election. Abdoulaye Wade, seeking a third term after pledging to serve only two, plans to allow weekend poll to go ahead. It is one of west Africa. S more stable democracies, often singled out as an example to its benighted regional rivals. But Senegal. Is teetering on the edge of the kind of electoral confrontation that has troubled the likes of Ivory Coast. At a 2007 press conferenc...
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Teranga: Senegalese youth on the streets for change
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Friday, February 3, 2012. Senegalese youth on the streets for change. 8220;I never thought Senegal would get to a stage when the police would beat us and shoot at us just because we are asking the president to leave power. I never thought that some would die in a brutal way for merely exercising their democratic right to protest,”. By Sheriff Bojang Jnr, Dakar. The mistrust between the youth and the Senegalese government has only worsened in recent months. “All th...8220;Th...
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Teranga: January 2012
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Monday, January 16, 2012. Nigerian Women scared to bring up birth control. Pic courtesy of onislam.net. Christian women in Nigeria talk about birth control more than Muslim women do, a new study found. Women are often nervous of bringing up family planning with their husbands, especially in the mainly Muslim north where polygamy is quite common. God is the provider and women have no right to stop giving birth, people say. In Dakar, Senegal. The figures come from a study.
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Teranga: December 2012
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Saturday, December 8, 2012. 8216;Charles Taylor should have walked free’, Taylor trial judge. Justice El Hadji Malick Sow. New African - December 2012:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). More than ten years of journalism experience. Correspondent - Radio France International - English Service. Correspondent - Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Correspondent – The Guardian newspaper, London. Correspondent – France 24 TV. Correspondent - Chinese Press Agency (Xinhua). 2007 – Radio ...
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Teranga: December 2010
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Friday, December 24, 2010. Iranian arms in West Africa: Set-up or mess-up? Late October, news came in that Nigerian police in Lagos had seized a ship carrying 13 containers with heavy arms and ammunition. Estimated price tag: some 20 million US dollars. Origin: Iran. Destination: the Gambian presidency. Now, two months later, relations between Senegal and Iran have reached breaking point. By Bram Posthumus and Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Thus: third, who were they for? Its role in ...
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Teranga: April 2011
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Saturday, April 16, 2011. Forgotten by Senegal, honoured by the US. On Sunday May 29, 1994 Senegalese army captain, Mbaye Diagne rang his wife, Yacine Mar Diop from a military base in Rwanda, where he was serving with the UN peacekeeping team. By Sheriff Bojang Jnr. RWN - April 15 - Cpt. Diagne’s final words to his wife: ‘We are completing our mission in 12 days and I’ll come home. Tell everybody at home to pray for me’. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Association of Foreign Co...
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Teranga: ‘Charles Taylor should have walked free’, Taylor trial judge
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Stories by Sheriff Bojang Jnr. Saturday, December 8, 2012. 8216;Charles Taylor should have walked free’, Taylor trial judge. Justice El Hadji Malick Sow. New African - December 2012:. As punishment, Justice Sow was ordered by the other judges “to refrain from further sitting in the proceedings pending a decision from the appointing authority [to whom the judges had asked to decide the further status of Justice Sow]”. 8211; is a real shocker! Q: At a time when the world was watching the live footage of th...