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  Abdoulaye Wade (2003) - Prize For Freedom - Politics - Liberalism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Maitre Wade was a pioneer of opposition politics in Senegal and founder and leader of the Senegalese Democratic Party.
Abdoulaye Wade was born in 1926 in Saint-Louis, Senegal.
Under leadership of President Wade, Senegal is championing human rights and the rule of law and continues to make measurable progress towards building a modern society based on a liberal agenda; sustained economic growth, improving living conditions, the provision of education and the reduction of poverty.
www.liberal-international.org /editorial.asp?ia_id=693   (545 words)

  
 Wade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Abdoulaye Wade was elected president of Senegal in 2000.
Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, in 1926, Wade was educated at the University of Besançon in France, where he studied psychology, sociology, economics, and law.
Wade was a pioneer of opposition politics in Senegal.
www.macalester.edu /geography/courses/geog261/sepeterson/wade.html   (289 words)

  
 President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal
A lawyer and a pioneer of African opposition politics long before multi-party democratic elections were widespread, Abdoulaye Wade founded his party in 1974.
Abdoulaye Wade is a devout Muslim and presents himself as a liberal, although he has successfully allied himself to parties further to the left.
Under a government coalition in the 1990s, Mr Wade even reported directly to President Abdou Diouf as a minister in the presidency from March 1995 to March 1998.
www.joinafrica.com /africa_of_the_week/abdoulayewade.htm   (511 words)

  
 BBC News | AFRICA | Senegal votes for change   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Abdoulaye Wade's victory ends 40 years of uninterrupted rule by Mr Diouf's Socialist Party.
Mr Wade, who is 74 years old, received the backing of five of the leading opposition candidates, in an electoral deal that will give the job of prime minister to the third placed candidate, Moustapha Niasse.
Mr Wade himself was almost certain of victory, even before the results started coming in.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/683877.stm   (513 words)

  
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In March 2000, opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade, backed by a coalition of opposition parties, became president in an election viewed as both free and fair, albeit marred by reports of sporadic preelection violence and minor procedural irregularities.
The Executive branch is headed by the President (H.E. President Abdoulaye Wade since 1 April 2000); he is the chief of state.
In 2000, Abdoulaye Wade, backed by a coalition of opposition parties, became President in an election generally viewed as both free and fair.
www.lycos.com /info/senegal--president-wade.html   (467 words)

  
 UNDP - Goodwill Ambassadors - Syndiely Wade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Wade has worked with UNDP on various initiatives, in efforts to mobilize communities and decision makers for the MDGs, and in activities reaching out to youth with effective messages, through sports and other initiatives that will help eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, promote gender equality and empower women, and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.
Wade participated in a special event in Dakar, 28-29 July 2003, bringing together a dozen internationally renowned African singers and musicians as well as specialists from the media, sports and municipalities to brainstorm on Africa 2015.
Wade also participated in the organization of the meeting on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Private Sector in Dakar, April 2002, during which UNDP launched three programmes to help increase foreign investment in Africa.
www.undp.org /goodwill/syndiely.shtml   (372 words)

  
 Abdoulaye Wade - Wikipédia
Abdoulaye Wade et George W. Bush en 2001.
Abdoulaye Wade est un homme politique sénégalais né le 29 mai 1926.
Abdoulaye Wade est marié à une Française, Viviane Vert et père de deux enfants, Karim et Sindiély.
fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdoulaye_Wade   (451 words)

  
 Government and President Abdoulaye Wade  of Senegal
Abdoulaye Wade is the third and current President of Senegal, in office since 2000.
President Abdoulaye Wade, the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Party, won presidential elections at the fifth attempt.
President Abdoulaye Wade was 73 at the time he become a President.
www.joinafrica.com /countries1/Senegal/government.htm   (498 words)

  
 Wade Abdoulaye - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Wade, Abdoulaye (1926-), Senegalese politician, President of Senegal (2000-).
Forty years of one-party rule came to an end when, in the second round of the presidential election, in March 2000, 74-year-old Abdoulaye...
Wade, (Sarah) Virginia (1945- ), British tennis player, one of only three British women to take the Wimbledon singles title since World War II.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Wade_Abdoulaye.html   (99 words)

  
 An interview with Abdoulaye Wade
After losing the presidential election to Leopold Senghor in 1978, and to Abdou Diouf in 1983, 1988 and 1993, Abdoulaye Wade won his bet: bringing about a change in power in Senegal.
Wade left teaching in the 1970s to undertake a career as a consultant to various international organizations such as the Organization of African Unity and the African Development Bank.
Abdoulaye Wade - The ones that are the greatest cause for concern can all be brought back to some main causes.
www.african-geopolitics.org /show.aspx?articleid=3048   (3023 words)

  
 Events
During this historic event, President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal was presented with the prestigious Human Rights Award by Ambassador Andrew Young, Honorary Chairman of the Ceremony.
President Wade is an African leader of great courage and accomplishment who patiently traveled the road of democracy over the course of 26 years.
Wade, President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana, President Aristides Pereira of Cape Verde, President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani
www.ilhr.org /ilhr/events   (527 words)

  
 A Day Without Malice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Abdoulaye Wade (pronounced wod), the opposition leader, threatened to take power by force if the ruling Socialist Party ‘stole’ the elections.
Wade accepted and understood that though he could run for President, he could not win.
Wade believed that he would be rewarded for his loyal opposition by having the mantle passed to him when Senghor resigned.
www.ibiblio.org /afaa/id61.htm   (1154 words)

  
 BBC News | AFRICA | Profile: Senegal's new president   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Mr Wade is a devout Muslim and presents himself as a liberal, although he has successfully allied himself to parties further to the left.
Five of the six other candidates who dropped out backed Mr Wade, including Moustapha Niasse, a former foreign minister in President Diouf's party who is expected to become the new prime minister.
But celebrations aside, Mr Wade's historic victory above all will be seen as a triumph for a country which has long been considered a model of African democracy, despite the Socialists never previously having lost their grip on power.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/684035.stm   (549 words)

  
 Abdoulaye Wade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He led the opposition for decades and was at times exiled and imprisoned at Besançon prison for his political activities.
In February 2000, he again received second place with 31%, but Diouf did not receive a majority and a second round was held on March 19.
Wade is running for re-election; he is being challenged by his former prime minister, Idrissa Seck.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdoulaye_Wade   (349 words)

  
 President Abdoulaye Wade Receives in Audience OAU’s Salim A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In this connection, President Wade informed the secretary-general that, Senegal's council of ministers had approved the text as part of the ratification process.
President Wade and secretary-general Salim emphasized the need for sensitizing African public opinion, including African intellectuals and the civil society in general, on the African Union.
The ceremony was attended by ministers, senior officials of the government, including Senegal's permanent representative to the OAU, Ambassador Louis Papa Fall, and members of the OAU delegation and the media.
www.addistribune.com /Archives/2000/08/04-08-00/Presi.htm   (247 words)

  
 Digital Solidarity, Key to Africa’s Development — Interview with Mr Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal: ...
His Excellency Mr Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal.
In Dakar, on December 2, 2003, His Excellency Mr Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal, accorded Senegalese journalist Mame Less Camara an exclusive interview on behalf of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Mr Wade is coordinator of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) aspect of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
www.idrc.ca /institution/ev-51491-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html   (2000 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Senegal: Investigation Into Killing Ordered (Page 1 of 4)
Wade served twice as a minister of state in previous Diouf governments.
Friday president Wade gave a comprehensive and wide-ranging bilingual interview in French and English to a group of local, continental and international journalists -- including Ofeibea Quist-Arcton of AllAfrica.com -- at the presidential palace in the capital, Dakar.
In this first part of his interview President Abdoulaye Wade announces that an inquiry into that death and the police use of force has been ordered.
allafrica.com /stories/200102060262.html   (942 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Abdoulaye Wade": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Abdoulaye Wade, now President of Senegal, claimed in 1966 to have discovered in the Mouride professed love of (principally agricultural)...
The PDS presidential candidate, Abdoulaye Wade, received eight times the vote of the other three opposition candidates combined.
Soon after, the Parti dmocratique sngalais (PDS) led by lawyer Maitre Abdoulaye Wade was allowed to regis- ter and by 1976 various brands of liberal and social democracy were on offer, as well...
www.amazon.com /phrase/Abdoulaye-Wade   (601 words)

  
 Abdoulaye Wade: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Its domination of political life came to an end in March 2000, when Abdoulaye Wade, the leader of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and leader of the opposition for more than 25 years, won the presidency.
Under the terms of the 2001 constitution, future presidents will serve for 5 years and be limited to two terms.
Wade was the last President to be elected to a 7-year term.
www.zoominfo.com /people/Wade_Abdoulaye_350758267.aspx   (420 words)

  
 News: Senegal: Floods - Jan 2002, Senegal: Abdoulaye Wade to visit disaster zones Saturday
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is on Saturday scheduled to tour the northern district of Podor where off-season rains killed 28 people between 9-11 January, his office said in a news release issued in Dakar Friday.
More than 100,000 people were affected by the cold and windy rains, which also demolished close to 14,000 houses and killed 105,471 heads of cattle, sheep and goats.
According to the release, President Wade has promised that his government would repair all the damaged infrastructure and compensate those who suffered material loss.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64DERX?OpenDocument   (207 words)

  
 President Abdoulaye Wade's constant bashing of NEPAD
Some one should tell President Abdoulaye Wade that it took the European Union sixty years to get to where they are today and took the OAU forty years to do nothing.
Watching Wade take the floor at the Banjul summit, it was interesting that he entered the hall just when the debate was starting and plunged into it headlong.
And one did not have to be a genius to detect that Wade was reading the inability of NEPAD moving to Addis Ababa as the work of Mbeki who probably would like to see NEPAD head office remain in Midrand for some unexplained reasons.
www.afroarticles.com /article-dashboard/Article/President-Abdoulaye-Wade-s-constant-bashing-of-NEPAD/1349   (2386 words)

  
 Digital Solidarity, A Proposal From Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal
The digital gap which dangerously separates the countries of the North from those of the South has led the United Nations Secretary General to ask the ITU to prepare a World Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Geneva in December 2003.
We have asked the author, Abdoulaye Wade, to explain to our readers his idea of digital solidarity.
City in Kenya, the termination point for a proposed railroad called the Horizontal, which is planned for NEPAD, and which crosses Africa from Dakar in the west to Mombasa on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
www.unicttaskforce.org /news/digitalsolidarity.html   (1523 words)

  
 NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
Senghor told him: "don't worry for me, Abdoulaye Wade is there watching over the city, he will handle the discontent".
Collin looked at me firmly and said "Maitre WADE you want to go from a system of rights in a country of no rights in 48 hours, please give us time because democracy must be built in the mentalities of the people first".
You can see with these examples, that democracy is not only about institutions, laws and regulations but it is mainly in the mind, at the core of culture.
www.ndi.org /about/specialprojects/harriman/2004/remarks/wade.asp   (2158 words)

  
 Office of The Gambian President: State House Online: Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh
Abdoulaye Wade receives a bouquet of flowers as she steps onto Gambian soil from the Senegalese plane.
At the Independence Stadium, President Jammeh and President Wade together with their wives enjoy the amazing aerial display that was mounted by the Gambian Air Force on Monday 18th February 2002.
Immediately President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal stepped foot in Gambia, President Jammeh and President Wade hug each other at the foot of the Senegalese Presidential Jet Plane
www.statehouse.gm /independence2002.html   (355 words)

  
 Abdoulaye Wade
Abdoulaye Wade – This associatiation comes from a real usurpation.
The most notorious thief of Europe, in the novels of Maurice Blanc, in fact sometimes wore a cassock.
* Abdoulaye Wade is president of the Republic of Senegal.
www.african-geopolitics.org /show.aspx?ArticleId=3082   (3608 words)

  
 Abdoulaye Wade Summary
Abdoulaye WadePresident (pronounced "AHB-doo-li WAD") "As an African, I take on the right to implicate myself in everything happening on the continent…I refuse to belong to this trade union of presidents.
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Abdoulaye Wade: Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senegal´s president Abdoulaye Wade in Gorée Island (Senegal).
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 Senegal - Abdoulaye Wade History | wen_06_package.xml
It was revised again on 7 January 2001.
Get the complete Senegal - Abdoulaye Wade Guide—approx.
Senegal - Abdoulaye Wade from Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations.
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 President George W. Bush meets with President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal
President George W. Bush meets with President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal
Washington, DC President George W. Bush meets with President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal in the Oval Office, Monday, Dec. 6, 2004.
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www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/pix/prsdnt/39549.htm   (111 words)

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