Senegal Travel News

"I LOVE the evening in Dakar," says Youssou N'Dour , glancing out the darkened window of an S.U.V. at the nocturnal crowds streaming into his nightclub, Thiossane, as a warm West African breeze rustles the palms and stirs up the dirt in the unpaved parking lot.

A top member of the Gabonese civil society, Marc Ona, has condemned the decision of President Ali Bongo to ban wood export from January 2 0 10, saying the decision was unrealistic and unenforceable.

Greenpeace on Thursday welcomed China's announcement of its carbon intensity target, just ten days ahead of the Copenhagen summit in Denmark, expected to clinch a global climate deal.

Amantle Montsho has expressed shock over the Botswana National Olympics Committee and the Botswana Athletics Association officials recent disclaimer concerning who facilitated her trip back to Senegal.

Ninety-nine sheep were chosen to represent the 99 names for God in Islam and were given to underprivileged Senegalese families ahead of Muslim religious holiday of Tabaski Anne Look Dakar Photo: VOA photo - A. Look A man smiles as he receives his sheep for Tabaski "We wanted to do a symbolic gesture between Israel and Senegal, between the Jewish ...

Airbus said Wednesday it agreed to sell six jetliners to newly created Senegal Airlines, giving the European plane maker bragging rights to more than $5 billion worth of orders at a subdued Dubai Airshow.

A gigantic, multi-million dollar bronze statue rising over the skyline of the Senegalese capital is causing a colossal storm for the man who conceived it.

New varieties of groundnuts that are suited to the local soil and climate are part of arresting falling production.

French-Senegalese writer Marie NDiaye on Monday won France's top literary prize for a haunting novel on family, betrayal and the hellish ordeal of illegal migration from Africa.

The French and Portuguese left their mark but this is Africa through and through - wildlife, wild music and winter sun The children eyed us hesitantly, unsure whether to approach us or stay back.

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is reported to have commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the "African Renaissance." The AP says it costs $27 million to build.

Apparently, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the "African Renaissance." The statue, "shows a muscular man in a heroic posture, outstretched arms wrapped around his wife and child, who is balanced on one of his biceps," reports the Associated Press .

Women walk past rubbish heaps and unfinished homes in a neighborhood at the base of the nearly-completed 50-meter-high bronze statue dubbed the Monument of the African Renaissance in Dakar, Senegal.

ITS advocates describe it as Africa's long-overdue answer to the Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty.

In this film, the immigrant begins in Africa, in Senegal, in Dakar - a poor city with too much sun, dirty buildings, and dusty roads.

But on a rutted trash-strewn path below, the old Africa is still in view: one where a poverty-stricken population endures incessant power blackouts and flooding - and considers the $27 million monument just another outrageous example of wasteful government spending.

Twenty extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Sites which you have probably never heard of.

KUALA LUMPUR : If you had walked down the streets of Kuala Lumpur some 10 years ago, the chances of bumping into an African were quite slim.

According a recent column by Africa correspondent Koert Lindijer, hell is in Africa and it's a city.

The UN is to launch a Global Climate Week on 21-25 Septemb er to help push for an international deal on climate change, a UN statement said Saturday.