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	The following is a collection of news items about Senegal and the Gambia which are distributed by Scott Lewis to the members of the FOSG. [Select a news item] ----------- 4/21/2005 -- GambiaHELP 4/21/2005 -- Gambia's hostility to media bodes ill 4/20/2005 -- CPJ Delegation Concerned for Press Freedom (press release) 4/20/2005 -- Journalists Under Threat in The Gambia, Ivory Coast 4/16/2005 -- Young traveler awakens in a place called Gambia 4/16/2005 -- Gambia Bishop Breaks Religious Opposition to Condom Use 4/6/2005 -- Cholera Outbreak Kills 50 in Senegal ----------- 3/31/2005 -- SENEGAL: Cholera epidemic fails to dissuade pilgrims from flocking to Touba 3/24/2005 -- SENEGAL: Cannabis use rises, but no-one can afford hard drugs 3/22/2005 -- SENEGAL: A model for water provision in urban Africa? 3/21/2005 -- Getting a firsthand look at child soldiers on a visit to Africa is harder than it sounds. 3/20/2005 -- African music stars sing against malaria 3/17/2005 -- From Cuba, Via Senegal 3/2/2005 -- Locust Crisis Update...situation becoming critical 3/1/2005 -- Global Fund Cuts Off Malaria Grant for Senegal 3/1/2005 -- GTA Boss Frowns On Bumsters Menace ----------- 2/28/2005 -- US, Govt. Sign $400,000 Grants 2/27/2005 -- Taboos threaten Senegal anti-AIDS push 2/25/2005 -- Gambians Protest At the UN 2/25/2005 -- The Gambia: Suspect Detained in Connection with Murder of Veteran Journalist 2/17/2005 -- Senegal native kicks off PSM program 2/17/2005 -- Senegal's entrepreneurs can't just look out for No. 1 2/16/2005 -- Yousou N'dour brings home a Grammy 2/16/2005 -- GAMBIA: Government announces dismissal of detained police chief 2/15/2005 -- GAMBIA: More arrests of prominent personalities, government stays silent 2/13/2005 -- President Yahya Jammeh promulgates law opening prison gates to journalists 2/2/2005 -- SENEGAL'S Casamance Separatists Agree to Peace Agenda 2/1/2005 -- GAMBIA, Senegal sign fishing agreement ----------- 1/31/2005 -- African Union urged to press Gambia for proper probe 1/29/2005 -- Congregation helps village in Senegal 1/29/2005 -- Creating sculpture on-site in Senegal 1/28/2005 -- Gambia river basin hydroelectric project to start 1/28/2005 -- AFRICAN Union urged to press Gambia for proper probe 1/27/2005 -- Senegal police fire tear gas at protesting students 1/21/2005 -- Senegal: Gay community plays it quietly in face of social taboos 1/19/2005 -- W. Africa's new cash making a splash, and it smells good too 1/19/2005 -- The Gambia: Who Killed Deyda Hydara? 1/17/2005 -- Jangi Jollof launched 1/17/2005 -- SENEGAL celebrates the sheep 1/14/2005 -- Senegal gays seek HIV prevention grant 1/9/2005 -- Senegal Postcard: Celebrating the Feast of the Sheep (NPR Audio) ----------- 12/30/2004 -- Crowds cheer Senegal peace deal 12/30/2004 -- Senegal Government Moves to End Casamance Rebellion 12/27/2004 -- Senegal Holds Sixth-Annual Film Fest 12/22/2004 -- Gambia: Thousands Protest Peacefully At Murder of Journalist 12/19/2004 -- Autopsy confirms Deyda Died of bullet wounds 12/17/2004 -- Grand Island students donate books to send to west African country 12/15/2004 -- Peace Corps initiates 21 environment volunteers in The Gambia ----------- 10/13/2004 -- GAMBIA: 150 AIDS patients to benefit from pilot ARV programme 10/4/2004 -- Women and Food Culture in The Gambia 10/4/2004 -- Slok Air Takes Off in The Gambia ----------- 9/24/2004 -- SADNESS, sunken hearts greet two-year anniversary of Senegal Shipwreck 9/23/2004 -- SENEGAL seeks bridge across digital divide 9/14/2004 -- TOWARDS TERRA MADRE - Last Minute Trip To Senegal 9/14/2004 -- Senegal keen to get rid of filthy money 9/6/2004 -- FAO Calls for Help in War on African Locusts ----------- 8/10/2004 -- Fears of famine as locusts advance across West Africa 8/9/2004 -- Chinese traders cause upset in Senegal 8/6/2004 -- Senegalese Students Visit the Gambia 8/4/2004 -- Alieu Ngum Appears Before Gambian Commission 8/4/2004 -- Senegal President Cancels Holiday As Locusts Invade North 8/3/2004 -- Gambian Govt. Alerted to Imminent Locust Invasion 8/2/2004 -- LOCUST emergency in scared Gambia ----------- 7/28/2004 -- At Least Us$ 58 Million Needed to Tackle Locust Threat 7/28/2004 -- Freed Journalist Hopes His Prison Spell Can Bring About Change 7/27/2004 -- Senegal Slave House's past questioned 7/26/2004 -- Jailed Editor Freed in Senegal 7/23/2004 -- Senegal journalist in court 7/21/2004 -- Gambia: Corruption Commission Begins Hearings, Then Stops 7/20/2004 -- LOCUSTS threaten famine in Senegal, Mali 7/19/2004 -- HUNDREDS demonstrate in Senegal 7/16/2004 -- Senegal, Mali Media Protest Jailing of Editor 7/16/2004 -- Protestors Demand Release of Senegalese Journalist 7/15/2004 -- Locust swarms hit Senegal 7/14/2004 -- Senegal Selling Itself As Investor-Friendly 7/13/2004 -- Senegal: CPJ Calls for Release of Arrested Editor 7/8/2004 -- Accent may be Parisian, but continent is Africa 7/8/2004 -- Health-Senegal: Cardinals And Khalifs Unite Against Aids 7/5/2004 -- From a Senegalese Master, a Tolerant Side of Islam 7/4/2004 -- MAKING a living on 50 ¢ a day in Senegal 7/4/2004 -- European paedophiles flock to Gambian 'Smiling Coast' 7/4/2004 -- Briton accused of child rape flies home 7/2/2004 -- Youssou N'Dour, 'Egypt' and Islam - NPR audio ----------- 6/28/2004 -- Ugly Scene in Gambian Soccer As Soldiers Beat Coach 6/25/2004 -- Senegal bus crash kills 28 6/21/2004 -- Malaria May be Behind Seasonal Risk to Pregnant African Women 6/16/2004 -- Senegal's "Husband Worshippers" 6/14/2004 -- "Bayeh" Half-Die Soccer Pitch Must Not Die 6/11/2004 -- Social Accountability Project Launched in Gambia 6/11/2004 -- Nationwide Gambian water project financed 6/11/2004 -- Apology for Interupption of Muslim Worship in Banjul 6/11/2004 -- Gambians in U.S. Mark Africa Liberation Day 6/11/2004 -- Early Marriage And Child Prostitution: Editorial from Gambia 6/11/2004 -- Curdled milk magic for Senegal's World Cup hopes 6/11/2004 -- Teacher seeks help sending school supplies to Gambia 6/11/2004 -- G8 extends debt relief programme to Senegal 6/4/2004 -- Ebony Festival Features Senegal Gala 6/4/2004 -- British Couple's Gambian Charity is "Tailor Made" 6/4/2004 -- Jammeh's Frequent Foreign Trips Under Fire 6/3/2004 -- Senegal seeks to take more tourists beyond beaches ----------- 5/27/2004 -- Former US Diplomat in Gambia Allegedly Under Investigation 5/26/2004 -- UN Says Locusts on the Move 5/26/2004 -- Senegal: Kids Beg for Hours to Fund Muslim Teachers 5/25/2004 -- Jazz Lives Its Second Youth in Senegal 5/24/2004 -- Gambian President in new spat with private journalists 5/24/2004 -- Gambian media to register or 'go to hell' 5/23/2004 -- SENEGAL fights to stay ahead of HIV, AIDS 5/22/2004 -- Senegalese Mother, Daughter, graduate in Rhode Island 5/21/2004 -- 'Gambian King' On the Loose 5/21/2004 -- African Musical Stars Record Anti-HIV Song for UN Development Agency 5/20/2004 -- Gambia's National Media Commission Extends Registration Deadline 5/20/2004 -- Gambian woman studying in US returns home for summer research work 5/19/2004 -- Bush Invites Six African Leaders to G-8 Meeting in June 5/18/2004 -- Economy, governance "far off track" in The Gambia 5/17/2004 -- Mauritania al-Qaida suspect held in Gambia 5/15/2004 -- Gambia condemns Spanish ruling preventing girls' circumcision 5/8/2004 -- For Trey and Dave: An Excellent Adventure (Rockers travel to Senegal) 5/6/2004 -- Gambia: Rising poverty breeds sexual exploitation of children by Sugar Daddies 5/5/2004 -- Sex tourists in Gambia abuse child refugees – US ----------- 4/29/2004 -- A reunion of sound: Orchestre Boabab, after a long separation, is back together 4/29/2004 -- Senegal: Land of man and wife... and wife 4/29/2004 -- Female Circumcision Remains Widespread In West Africa 4/28/2004 -- US Report Indicts Gambia ----------- 3/8/2004 -- Woman arrested with deli in luggage 3/8/2004 -- Feeling His Way on Sacred Ground 3/4/2004 -- SENEGAL: Government alarmed at rise of drug trafficking 3/1/2004 -- India Inc makes inroads in heart of Africa ----------- 2/20/2004 -- Polio vaccine drive slated for Africa 2/20/2004 -- Senegal Shuts Down Music Star N'dour's Nightclub 2/11/2004 -- Senegal Herdsman's Plight Raises Concerns 2/11/2004 -- UN draws Senegal into ambitious poverty reduction plan 2/9/2004 -- Gambian And American Students Visit Each Other's Country 2/9/2004 -- Peace-Keeping Contingent Ready for Sierra Leone, Liberia 2/9/2004 -- Senegal: African Parliament to Be Launched On 18 March 2/7/2004 -- Senegal's Stability Shaken by Shadowy Threats 2/6/2004 -- British NGO Donates to Schools 2/6/2004 -- Man to Row Across Ocean to Promote AIDS 2/6/2004 -- GPU Disenchanted With Police Behaviour 2/4/2004 -- Gambia to host next AU summit ----------- 1/29/2004 -- Burning rubber through the Sahara 1/28/2004 -- News Analysis: A frisson over Senegal's new friend 1/28/2004 -- Piper Scott helping the poor of Senegal 1/26/2004 -- Swedish Philanthropists Reach Out to Schools 1/23/2004 -- Austin College students take part in emotional ceremony in Africa 1/23/2004 -- 'Press Should Never Shrink From the Truth' 1/21/2004 -- EnterpriseWorks to Assist in Senegal 1/18/2004 -- Iran to boost ties with Senegal 1/16/2004 -- Cubans Celebrate 45th Anniversary 1/16/2004 -- Gambia Eligible for Agoa Benefits 1/14/2004 -- US moves to seal West African borders 1/12/2004 -- Big Boost for the Teachers' Union 1/12/2004 -- Gov't Warned Off Cross-Border Trade 1/10/2004 -- Senegal: Help Needed for Returnees to Casamance 1/9/2004 -- Making 'Banjul Cops' 1/8/2004 -- Tambacounda Declares an End to Female Genital Cutting 1/8/2004 -- Senegal sentences Frenchman for Internet libel 1/8/2004 -- Senegal's Bishops Threatened for Criticizing Nation's Crisis 1/6/2004 -- Senegal says rebels ready to demine Casamance 1/5/2004 -- Possible Extradition Awaits Baba Jobe 1/2/2004 -- Hamat, OJ Decry 'Growing Gun-Culture' ----------- 12/31/2003 -- Senegal's traditional fishers watch foreigners haul in the catch 12/27/2003 -- The Gambia finally gets its act together 12/22/2003 -- Gift of the Maggi 12/12/2003 -- Opposition Leader Returned to Jail After Bail Revoked 12/10/2003 -- Imam Gives Rare Voice to Militant Islam in Africa 12/7/2003 -- Senegal Program Eradicating FGM 12/4/2003 -- Amnesty Highlights 180 Disappearances in Casamance 12/3/2003 -- Senegal bus crash leaves 22 dead ----------- 10/21/2003 -- Gambia's army takes to farming 10/21/2003 -- Senegal president seeks EU help to raise sunken ferry ----------- 9/29/2003 -- Senegal Mourns Victims of Ferry Accident ----------- 7/28/2003 -- In Harlem, a Link to Senegal 7/8/2003 -- Bush says slavery one of history's greatest crimes 7/8/2003 -- On Goree Island, Bush visit sparks anger 7/7/2003 -- High hopes and heavy questions for Bush in Senegal 7/2/2003 -- And the beat goes on ----------- 6/16/2003 -- Bush to visit Africa in July - Senegal official 6/9/2003 -- Curfew Imposed To Stem Anti-Senegalese Violence ----------- 4/22/2003 -- Senegalese Muslims Celebrate a Holy Day 4/14/2003 -- Senegal ferry disaster probed ----------- 3/12/2003 -- Senegal's Wade wants united Africa stand on Iraq 3/9/2003 -- Gambia detains 69 stowaways bound for Ireland 3/8/2003 -- Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour 3/2/2003 -- West African Films Dominate Africa Fest ----------- 2/25/2003 -- Gambia imposes 'foreigner tax' 2/20/2003 -- African Town's Pride and Joy Vanished When Ferry Sank 2/4/2003 -- Soccer in the rain[y season] banned in Gambia 2/3/2003 -- Senegal Ups Death Toll in Ferry Sinking ----------- 1/14/2003 -- Popenguine - Women Join Hands to Revive a Community Resource 1/13/2003 -- Gambia Arrests 2 in Plot on U.S. Official ----------- 11/5/2002 -- Senegal Leader Fires Entire Cabinet ----------- 9/30/2002 -- Death Toll Up in Senegal Ferry Sinking 9/27/2002 -- Ferry Sinks Off Gambia, Killing 41 ----------- 8/14/2002 -- Brief Rain Fails to Dent Drought and Famine Threat ----------- 7/23/2002 -- Gambia and Senegal settle border traffic row 7/19/2002 -- Senegalese Army Up to Banjual Border ----------- 6/18/2002 -- Bush and Wade/World Cup ----------- 5/31/2002 -- Senegal Celebrates Upset of France ----------- 3/28/2002 -- Bloody raid deals blow to Senegal peace efforts 3/13/2002 -- Model "eco-city" could soon rise in Senegal 3/12/2002 -- U.S. says resumes ties with Gambia ----------- 1/17/2002 -- Gambians vote in boycotted parliamentary election ----------- 12/22/2001 -- Flags Lowered in Senegal for Senghor 12/20/2001 -- Senegal's First President Dead at 95 ----------- 10/30/2001 -- Senegalese Muslims express support for Taliban 10/20/2001 -- Gambian President Wins Re-Election 10/19/2001 -- President Jammeh takes early lead in Gambia vote 10/18/2001 -- Gambian Voters to Choose Next Leader 10/16/2001 -- Gambia opposition member dies in clash with police ----------- 9/24/2001 -- Senegal News 9/11/2001 -- Muslim brotherhood's protest turns out the lights on "Carmen" remake ----------- 8/29/2001 -- Slave trade's bitter legacy far from wiped out 8/20/2001 -- FOSG News 8/12/2001 -- Youssou N'Dour launches JokoClub Pilots with HP ----------- 7/22/2001 -- Gambia lifts ban on parties, politicians 7/18/2001 -- Singer Puts Senegalese Music First 7/16/2001 -- Outgoing US envoy warns Gambia over politics ban ----------- 6/18/2001 -- Bush Picks Ambassador to Gambia 6/11/2001 -- Gambia Election News/Bush to meet Senegal's Wade ----------- 5/30/2001 -- Renewed Fighting in Casamance 5/23/2001 -- Refugees flee to Gambia from fighting in Senegal 5/15/2001 -- Annual Magal Attracts Millions of Pilgrims to Touba 5/2/2001 -- Senegal President's Coalition Wins ----------- 4/15/2001 -- FOSG: Gambia News ----------- 2/19/2001 -- FOSG News 2/5/2001 -- FOSG News ----------- 1/30/2001 -- Air Afrique.... 1/8/2001 -- FOSG News 1/2/2001 -- Senegal rebels cancel talks after clash reports ----------- 12/28/2000 -- Gambia's president promises sharia law in 2001 12/22/2000 -- FOSG News ----------- 11/24/2000 -- Senegal's President Wade sacks leftist minister 11/21/2000 -- Diouf remains party leader 11/15/2000 -- Senegalese want a strong president says Wade ----------- 6/14/2000 -- Senegal-Mauritania water row ended 6/8/2000 -- Senegal evacuates citizens in Mauritania water row ----------- 5/22/2000 -- FOSG News 5/9/2000 -- FOSG news 5/3/2000 -- FOSG news 5/3 ----------- 4/26/2000 -- Recent news (4/26) 4/26/2000 -- PC withdraws from Casamance (again) 4/18/2000 -- Recent news 4/2/2000 -- Wade sworn in ----------- 3/21/2000 -- Senegal's Ruling Party Packs Bags 3/20/2000 -- Profile of New Senagalese President 3/14/2000 -- FOSG news 3/9/2000 -- Senegal news, 3/9/00 3/6/2000 -- Gambia malaria vaccine trial 3/1/2000 -- Diouf ahead, not outright winner in Senegal ----------- 2/28/2000 -- Senegal Leader, Rival Said in Runoff 2/27/2000 -- Senegal election news 2/27/2000 -- Guinea Dismayed at Diallo Verdict 2/24/2000 -- Senegal Heads Off Election Violence(2/24) 2/23/2000 -- Recent news 2/23 2/13/2000 -- Air Afrique jet's landing gear fails, 7 hurt 2/8/2000 -- 2/8: Senegal Soccer Fans Attack Nigerians ----------- 1/30/2000 -- Diallo Trial Set To Begin Monday 1/28/2000 -- Senegal Probes Former Chad Dictator 1/26/2000 -- 01/25: Senegalese peace talks resume in Gambia 1/25/2000 -- Judge OKs Diallo Case TV Coverage 1/3/2000 -- FOSG News 1/3/00 ----------- 12/27/1999 -- 12/27: Senegal, Casamance rebels sign ceasefire in Gambia 12/4/1999 -- FOSG News 12/4 ----------- 11/15/1999 -- 11/15: Commonwealth concerned about Gambia, Sierra Leone 11/13/1999 -- 11/13: Senegal's Diouf re-elected to run U.N. food agency 11/10/1999 -- Mbawane Lake Comes To Live After 13 Years 11/8/1999 -- 11/08: Mediator Gambia sees direct Senegal talks soon ----------- 10/27/1999 -- 10/27: Big welcome home for Senegal opposition chief Wade ----------- 9/19/1999 -- Senegal opposition alleges identity card fraud 9/3/1999 -- 09/03: Senegal soldiers take to streets over pay ----------- 8/25/1999 -- Rainstorms kill scores across West Africa 8/24/1999 -- 08/23: 16 fishermen killed in Senegal storm, many missing 8/3/1999 -- Subject: 08/03: Gambian intelligence agency frees journalists ----------- 7/29/1999 -- FOSG news 7/29 7/25/1999 -- FOSG news 7/25 ----------- 6/23/1999 -- Fighting Erupts in Senegalese Town 6/21/1999 -- Senegalese rebels gather in Gambia for talks 6/8/1999 -- Ambassador to Lead NPCA 6/3/1999 -- FOSG News 6/3 ----------- 5/19/1999 -- US suspends PC/Uganda 5/17/1999 -- 05/17: ANALYSIS-Africa worries as West focuses on Kosovo ----------- 4/14/1999 -- FOSG news 4/14 ----------- 3/31/1999 -- N.Y. policemen charged in fatal immigrant shooting 3/28/1999 -- U.S. and Senegal Sign Agreement on Energy and Environmental Cooperation 3/21/1999 -- FOSG news 3/21 3/13/1999 -- Meningitis kills 26 in central Senegal city 3/2/1999 -- 03/02: Senegal's students clash with riot police ----------- 2/21/1999 -- 02/21: Oryx returns to Senegal 2/18/1999 -- Guineans Honor Man Killed in N.Y. 2/15/1999 -- 02/15: Senegal's president nominates 12 senators ----------- 1/24/1999 -- Senegal Leader, Rebel Priest Talk 1/14/1999 -- FOSG news 1/14 ----------- 12/20/1998 -- Viagra an Expensive Hit in Senegal 12/12/1998 -- Senegal Said Blocking Aid Agencies ----------- 11/25/1998 -- Landmines hit farming in Senegal's Casamance 11/18/1998 -- FOSG news 11/18 11/4/1998 -- 11/04: Senegalese troops kill 24 rebels, military says 11/2/1998 -- Bissau peace agreement ----------- 10/30/1998 -- FOSG news 10/30 10/1/1998 -- FOSG News 10/1 ----------- 9/7/1998 -- FOSG news 9/7 ----------- 8/25/1998 -- FOSG news 8/25 8/13/1998 -- FOSG news 8/13 ----------- 7/28/1998 -- 07/29: Senegal to respect Guinea-Bissau ceasefire 7/19/1998 -- FOSG news 7/19 ----------- 6/30/1998 -- FOSG News 6/30 6/22/1998 -- Famine Imminent in Guinea-Buissau 6/18/1998 -- FOSG 6/18 6/17/1998 -- FOSG news 6/17 6/15/1998 -- 06/15: Guinea-Bissau Rebels Renew Fighting 6/13/1998 -- Americans Evacuate Guinea-Bissau 6/12/1998 -- Senegal Bissau intervention 6/9/1998 -- FOSG news 6/9 6/7/1998 -- Village by Village, Circumcising a Ritual 6/6/1998 -- Senegal's new prime minister names government ----------- 5/27/1998 -- Socialists lead in Senegal elections 5/25/1998 -- Senegalese Head to Polls ----------- 4/17/1998 -- Senegal registers three million for elections 4/12/1998 -- Report: 9 Killed in Senegal Attack 4/8/1998 -- ONCE SEEN AS A POLITICAL BEACON, SENEGAL BACKSLIDES 4/2/1998 -- More POTUS/FLOTUS Senegal 4/1/1998 -- POTUS in Senegal 4/1 4/1/1998 -- Senegal opposition politicises Clinton visit ----------- 3/31/1998 -- Clinton in Senegal