Senegal, Africa

ZIGUINCHOR Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Mangroves, one of the world’s richest ecosystems, are declining in Casamance, southern Senegal, and...

DAKAR Friday, October 31, 2008 (IRIN) - Six months after President Abdoulaye Wade launched his agricultural growth initiative, small-scale farmers...

DAKAR Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - Alcohol abuse in Senegal has reached “massive” levels but most addicts are not receiving the help they...

THIES Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (IRIN) - Researchers have sold over 1,000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal in a bid to prove that the...

DAKAR Friday, November 21, 2008 (IRIN) - In Senegal people with albinism are marginalised and find little support for coping with the daily...

While albinos in West Africa are not facing the violent attacks seen in recent weeks in other parts of the continent, people with albinism in...

Abdoulaye Wade has survived an assissanation attempt last night in a Dakar suburb. Last night's attempt on the life of the octogenarian president was...

Researchers have sold over 1,000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal in a bid to prove that the ovens can improve child and maternal health and...

Humanitarian policy-makers have endorsed internationally-agreed standards on rebuilding education sectors shattered by crises, in a move experts say...

Alcohol abuse in Senegal has reached “massive” levels but most addicts are not receiving the help they need, according to experts. “Over the last...