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Senegal - Search View - MSN Encarta Senegal, republic in western Africa, bounded on the north by Mauritania, on the east by Mali, on the south by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The northern section of Senegal is part of the Sahel, a transition zone between the Sahara on the north and the wetter regions to the south. Education in Senegal is, in theory, compulsory for all children between the ages of 7 and 12. encarta.msn.com /text_761555319__1/Senegal.html   (2589 words)

Senegal POLITICAL PARTIES The Senegal branch of the French Socialist Party (SFIO) won the first postwar elections largely because its leaders constituted the only organized party that had contacts in all parts of the colony. Presidential and legislative elections held in 1988 were marred by rioting in cities and minor conflicts in rural areas, but Diouf officially received 73.2% of the votes cast. The most recent parliamentary elections were held 29 April 2001 giving Wade's SOPI coalition an overwhelming victory with 89 seats to 11 for the AFP, 10 for the PS, and 10 for other parties. www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Senegal-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html   (1119 words)

Politics of Senegal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Politics of Senegal takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Senegal is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Senegal is one of the few African states that has never experienced a coup d'etat. Senegal is divided into 10 administrative regions, each headed by a governor appointed by and responsible to the President. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Senegal   (1075 words)

BBC News | AFRICA | UN praises Senegal elections The United Nations "congratulates the people and the government for the peaceful conduct of those elections, which are a testimony to Senegal's long-standing democratic tradition", UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said. is that Senegal shows the world it is a democratic country, a country where the law is upheld and human rights are respected," he said. Mr Niasse, a Socialist Party dissident, was a candidate in the first round of the election at the end of February and then crucially decided to back Mr Wade in Sunday's run-off. news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/africa/684794.stm   (509 words)

[No title] This study seeks to explore the role of radio in Senegal by looking specifically at how the radio is attempting to serve the public, and what factors are preventing it from fulfilling its goals. The goal of the station is to cover Senegal in its entirety, to help consolidate the nation, rather than divide; the director also expressed a desire to diversify the type of information diffused at RFM and address more specific themes than the current news model allows. Further study of the radio in Senegal would be useful to widen the scope of these issues and examine whether the problems faced by the radios represented in this study are common on a broader scale. mysite.verizon.net /jkieft/senegal04/isps/magnonetext.doc   (8804 words)

SomaliNet News: Senegal: President asked to rule Senegal for another term : SomaliNet > Somali > Somalia and Somalinad According to Senegal’s Press Agency (SPA), the ruling party in Senegal,Senegalese Democratic Party (SDP) chose Senegal’s incumbent president as their candidate for the February 25th elections. Senegal’s president has stood for Senegal’s top office for five times and only emerged winner in the 2000 elections. Senegal’s parliamentary elections were however to be held this year. www.somalinet.com /news/world/Africa/4278   (177 words)

Senegal: Election Briefing In Senegal, the military do not vote, and in a further move to placate the opposition, Diouf in January appointed the former army chief, General Lamine Cisse, interior minister. However, the most important factor giving the opposition hopes of a better election this time, according to Senegalese commentators, was the decision last month of a "reformist" faction in the ruling PS led by former foreign minister Djibo Ka to break away from the party and form his own group, the Renouveau Democratique. Described by analysts as a major component of the country's political and economic system, 95 percent of the population adhere to one brotherhood or another, each of which is led by a marabout or spiritual leader who imposes rules, maintains a strict work ethic and membership obligations. www.africaaction.org /docs98/sen9805.htm   (1478 words)

Dakar, Senegal However, contrary to French départements, départements in Senegal have no political power (no departmental assembly), and are merely local administrative structures of the central state, in charge of carrying out some administrative services as well as controlling the activities of the communes within the département. In 1996, a massive reform of the administrative and political divisions of Senegal was voted by the Parliament of Senegal. The local elections of Senegal were held on May 12, 2002, and saw the PDS largely defeating the Socialists. creekin.net /c6359-n162-dakar-senegal.html   (1207 words)

SENEGAL: parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 1993 Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament on the normal expiry of the members’ term of office. Breaking with practice, the parliamentary elections were not held on the same day as the presidential election. The run-up to the polls was characterised by political tension in the wake of the presidential elections and an upsurge in violence in the Casamance region where there were pressing demands for autonomy. www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2277_93.htm   (406 words)

Democratisation in Senegal CDD heartily welcomes the peaceful change in Senegal and calls on African civil society organisations and governments, as well as the international community, to extend solidarity, support and practical partnership to the Government and people of Senegal as they embark on a new chapter in governance and nation-building. Senegal was a beneficiary of the mass independence granted to most French colonies in 1960. Casamance, an enclave of 800,000 in southern Senegal populated mainly by Catholic and Animist Jolas as opposed to the Muslim Wolof majority, has emerged as a major threat to the integrity of Senegal. www.cdd.org.uk /resources/press_statements/senegal_hope.htm   (2892 words)

SENEGAL: parliamentary elections Assemblée nationale, 2001 Elections were held for all the seats in the National Assembly following the premature dissolution of this body on 15 February 2001. Twenty-five political parties fielded candidates in elections which were supposed to reflect a reconfiguring of the political landscape, one year after the election of Mr. In the 1998 legislative elections, former President Diouf's Socialist Party had won 93 out of the then 140 seats, as against a mere 10 in the 2001 elections. www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2277_01.htm   (458 words)

Senegal's Rap Artists' Despair Over 2007 Elections During a break for the news, the chart-topping dreadlocked rapper reminisces about events during the year 2000, when rap singers, sensing that Senegal's youth were tired of the Socialist party that had ruled the country for four decades, encouraged young people to vote for change. Senegal is used to this kind of thing, we need to talk, we need to express ourselves, but don't put us in jail because we don't like you." With presidential elections looming in Senegal, some rap artists say they do not know if Dakar's rappers are ready to once more stand up for what they believe in. www.voanews.com /english/2006-08-04-voa32.cfm   (692 words)

Contentious Elections Test Senegal DAKAR, Senegal –– Under cool and sunny skies, Senegal's paupers and millionaires voted in a presidential election Sunday as rebel attacks and political unrest threatened one of Africa's few enduring democracies. If Senegal plunges into violence so soon after the December military takeover in nearby Ivory Coast – another traditional bastion of African stability – Western diplomats worry it could trigger a flight of development aid and trade away from the continent. In West Africa, where votes often take place against the backdrop of military coups and civil wars, Senegal is one of the few countries to offer its 10 million citizens and 2.7 million registered voters regular ballots with a choice between numerous parties. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/20000227/aponline212122_000.htm   (700 words)

USS Missouri begins last voyage Saudi minister to make landmark visit to Iran Crisis eases as Russian miners free ... Despite giving Senegal political stability that is the envy of a volatile region, the PS has not matched that success in terms of economic development. Senegal has the distinction in Africa of uninterrupted multi-party democracy since much of the continent gained independence from colonial rule in the 1960s. Senegal and Ivory Coast are the only countries in West Africa where soldiers have not staged a coup. www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=7278   (4425 words)

FT.com | Surveys | Senegal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The elections 7 months ago that brought President Abdoulaye Wade to power seem to have revitalised a nation grown fractious and dispirited under one of Africa's oldest and most entrenched civillian governments. Mr Wade has two ambitions for his presidency; to transform Senegal's essentially peasant economy into a private sector-driven agro-industry centre, and to capitalise on his country's relative proximity to USA and Europe to build a regional trading crossroads. But he has still to prove that new government means a new way of governing and that it can meet the expectations he has helped to raise. surveys.ft.com /senegal2000   (153 words)

2002 was a gala celebration of democracy Sierra Leone, after concluding a civil war that was infamous for a rebel army's policy of mutilating its enemies, held elections for parliament and president. On Election Day, indomitable voters whose hands had been chopped off showed up to mark ballots with their toes. Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf held parliamentary elections under decrees that protected him by banning his chief rivals, along with the 98 percent of Pakistanis who lack a college degree. www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/812352/posts   (849 words)

Amnesty International Report 2002 - Africa - SENEGAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Although the government made a commitment that past human rights violations by the military would be investigated, no inquiry had been set up by the end of 2001. There was a notable reduction in reports of extrajudicial executions, ''disappearances'' and torture by the security forces as compared to the period before the present government came to power in April 2000. In June an AI delegation visited Senegal and met President Wade and Father Diamacoune Senghor, then Secretary General of the MFDC. web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/afr/senegal!Open   (813 words)

Key dates in the history of Senegal 1978 (February 26th) : Léopold Sedar Senghor is re-elected President of the Republic of Senegal ; for the first time he had to face an opponent, Abdoulaye Wade, leader of the PDS, who polled 17 % of the votes. Abdou Diouf is re-elected President of the Republic of Senegal polling over 73 % of the votes ; his own success is strengthened when his party wins the general elections by absolute majoriry. Abdoulaye Wade's election as president puts an end to 40 years of continuous power by the Socialist Party www.senegal-online.com /anglais/histoire/dates.htm   (1166 words)

Socialist Party of Senegal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Socialist Party of Senegal (Parti Socialiste du Sénégal) is a political party in Senegal. It was the ruling party in Senegal from independence in 1960 until 2000. At the last legislative elections, 29 april 2001, the party won 17.4 % of the popular vote and 10 out of 120 seats. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Senegal   (145 words)

Timeline Senegal 1999 Aug 26, In Senegal the army reported 29 dead fisherman from recent storms and that another 100 were missing. 2001 Apr 28, In Senegal legislative elections were held and a soldier and 4 others were killed in the Casamance region. Wade was reported to have won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections. timelines.ws /countries/SENEGAL.HTML   (820 words)

afrol News - Senegal set for political battle President Wade was elected in 2000 after he had lost previous elections in 1978, 83, 88 and 93. According to Senegalese law, any party that wants to participate in elections must be registered at least one year two months before the date of election. It is rumoured that two outstanding politicians are vying for the ticket of the defeated Socialist Party of Senegal (PSS), which ruled the country from 1960 until 2000. www.afrol.com /articles/22042   (963 words)

Elections and Electoral Systems by Country The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented. Adam Carr's Electoral Archive has complete (ie, seat by seat) federal elections statistics from 1901 (federation) to the present, and statistics for all Australian state elections since 1990. National Electoral Committee has information in English on the Parliamentary Elections of 1995 and 1999, and the local elections of 1996, plus an overview of elections from 1989-1996. www.psr.keele.ac.uk /election.htm   (1393 words)

History Elections cause severe political unrest; Diouf, who had again been reelected as president, pardons those arrested during the incident. The Observatoire National des Élections (ONEL) is formed to oversee and control elections according to current laws; members of ONEL are appointed by Diouf, which causes protests from PDS (Democratic Party) and other opposition parties, who want an independent commission. Senegal and Gambia improve relations further and plan joint actions against several social problems. www.macalester.edu /geography/courses/geog261/sepeterson/history.html   (998 words)

29 April History: This Date Senegal, with a population of 10 million, has gained a reputation for stability on a continent mired by coups and civil wars. Nearly two-thirds of the country's population is illiterate, hospitals and roads are badly neglected, and unemployment is on the rise. Relocating to New York, he twice won election to the House of Representatives, in 1902 and 1904. www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4apr/h4apr29.html   (9745 words)

[08 Sep 2000]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GAMBIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The border dispute between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau was complicating efforts to mediate between the Government of Senegal and separatist rebels in that country's southern Casamance Province, President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia said at a Headquarters press conference this morning. He said the rebels had requested further mediation after the elections, but he could not involve himself in Senegal's internal affairs without its consent. The border dispute with Senegal had also aggravated tensions between the parties forming the Government of Guinea-Bissau, he went on. www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2000/20000908.jammehpc.doc.html   (322 words)

Pacifica.org Palestinian Youth prepare for Sunday elections As the Palestinians ready themselves for this Sunday's presidential elections, refugees, and in particular, refugee youth, are voicing doubts that either of the front running candidates have much to offer them. Some worry that the upcoming election is only a charade designed to please the US government, while others harbor hope that a new leader will bring more international attention to their displacement. The US military said today that seven troops were killed on Thursday when their armored personnel carrier rode over a bomb in Baghdad and that two marines were killed in Al-Anbar province to the west of the capital. www.pacifica.org /programs/fsrn/fsrn_050107.html   (754 words)

CNN - Pre-election violence kills 6 in Senegal - May 23, 1998 ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal (CNN) -- On the eve of parliamentary elections in Senegal, at least six people were killed and several wounded Saturday when gunmen opened fire on mourners attending a funeral in the troubled southern province of Casamance. Opposition parties are trying to reverse the dominance of President Abdou Diouf's Socialist Party, which has been in power since Senegal's independence from France in 1960 and holds an 84-seat majority in the 120-member lawmaking body. In Senegal's capital, Dakar, some shop owners started boarding up their stores Saturday afternoon as a precaution against any election violence. www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9805/23/senegal/index.html   (352 words)

Koné v. Senegal, Communication No. 386/1989, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/52/D/386/1989 (1994). The author of the communication is Famara Koné, a Senegalese citizen born in 1952 and registered resident of Dakar, currently domiciled in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He was transferred to Senegal, where he was detained for over four years, pending his trial, until his provisional release on 9 May 1986. He was detained for six days, during which he claims to have been once again tortured by the security police, which tried to force him to sign a statement admitting attacks on State security and cooperating with the intelligence services of another State. www1.umn.edu /humanrts/undocs/html/vws386.htm   (3698 words)

Daily Press Briefing (June 15, 2001) Senegal's head of state will also meet French political figures and representatives of the business and banking community. The visit by the president of Senegal reflects the closeness and intensity of relations between France and Senegal. I would like to point out that France is Senegal's leading bilateral contributor, providing it with an average amount of about one billion FF a year in official development assistance, and is also Senegal's leading trade partner. www.info-france-usa.org /news/briefing/us150601.asp   (1784 words)

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