http://en.afrik.com/ Afrik.com, Africa's portal offers a daily online newspaper with information on what is going on in the world, culture, economics, sport, societies of 56 african countries. en http://en.afrik.com/images/logo_moyen.gif http://en.afrik.com/ http://en.afrik.com/article14117.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:20:49 +0200 Mauritanian refugees return home http://en.afrik.com/article14096.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:06:45 +0200 Sand filled with toxic lead is being removed from the neighbourhood of Ngane Diaw. http://en.afrik.com/article13935.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:41:00 +0200 In every sense, Western Africa has become a cultural patchwork. Muslims are in the absolute majority in countries like Mali, Gambia or Senegal, where religion often plays a key role as the mortar that binds society together. In countries like Ivory Coast or Benin, on the other hand, Muslims are just one minority among many. Yet even though most West African nations adopted secular http://en.afrik.com/article13847.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:03:11 +0200 The match between the Sables and Senegal is scheduled for July 12 in Bulawayo, the second capital city and the Fédération Sénégalaise de Rugby wrote to the IRB and CAR saying their Bruce Sibanda http://en.afrik.com/article13643.html Wed, 21 May 2008 03:07:07 +0200 Two soldiers of the Senegalese army and seven presumed members of the Casamance Democratic Forces Movement (MFDC) were killed on Tuesday evening in clashes that took place in the Djibidione area in Southern Senegal, indicated military sources in Ziguinchor. http://en.afrik.com/article13481.html Mon, 05 May 2008 12:50:24 +0200 The artificial rain antennas would address the African agricultural shortcomings, especially poor rainfall. http://en.afrik.com/article13447.html Thu, 01 May 2008 23:11:26 +0200 The normalisation committee, as indicated by a FIFA communiqué, is aimed at streamlining the statutes of the Senegalese Football Association (FSF) with those of FIFA. It is also to boost national competitions with the gradual establishment of a professional league. http://en.afrik.com/article13427.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:43:07 +0200 According to the findings of the study, conducted over a year, there was a high prevalence of acute breathing infections among children as more than 60% of children were suffering from the infections ... http://en.afrik.com/article13335.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:39:37 +0200 Akon, the successful R&B and Rap artist, had people believe that he spent four years in prison on heavy charges. His “bad boy” image has been much appreciated by many rap fans. A report by The Smoking Gun internet site debunks the myth. http://en.afrik.com/article13247.html Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:09:51 +0200 The director general of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), Abdelaziz Khelef, was billed to arrive in Senegal Thursday as part of a sub-regional tour that will also take him to Sierra Leone, Cape Verde and Guinea, the Khartoum (Sudan)-based financial institution said in a statement. Panapress http://en.afrik.com/article13025.html Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:15:30 +0200 "It is unacceptable to storm stations and demand footage with no legal order to back the action. We call on the police to return the confiscated footage to Walf." http://en.afrik.com/article12972.html Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:06:39 +0100 The Director General of Microsoft West and Central Africa and of the Emmanuel Onyeie Centre announced this on Thursday in Dakar at the launch on the Senegalese market of three office automation softwares designed by Microsoft. http://en.afrik.com/article12959.html Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:15:07 +0100 "Even if they are unfortunately excluded from the debates, women are at the heart of problems of access to drinking water in Africa. They walk tens of kilometres sometimes to ensure water supply to the household in addition to other domestic tasks," she said. http://en.afrik.com/article12805.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:46:11 +0100 A microfinance programme of about 500 million dollars for the Least Developed Countries of the Islamic Ummah has been adopted by the governing body of the Islamic Solidarity Fund, official sources said in Dakar on Tuesday. http://en.afrik.com/article12794.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:42:34 +0100 A group of civil society NGOs, meeting in Dakar ahead of the 11th summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), has urged the Pan-Islamic organisation to "recognise the sub-regional character of the Darfur conflict" and to end the impunity and lawlessness in Sudan's western province.