Tag: Senegal
Last chance for Tokyo: Final 4 Olympic hoop qualifiers begin
Toronto coach Nick Nurse is an American. Born in Iowa. Owns a home in Florida. A lifetime fan of the Chicago Cubs.
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Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12
DAKAR, Senegal —
Guinea has declared an end to an...
African Union suspends Mali after coup, threatens sanctions
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
LONDON — A harrowing but poetic tale of comradeship, colonialism and the horrors of war won the International Booker Prize for fiction on Wednesday.
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Key events in Mali that led to a coup and rule by junta
DAKAR, Senegal — A timeline of key events in Mali that led to another power grab in the troubled West African nation.
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Former world track chief Diack back in Senegal after release
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
BARGNY, Senegal — Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and...
Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing
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
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
MADRID — Two young Senegalese men met on a Europe-bound migrant boat in 2006, a year that saw a record influx of Africans to...
