On Thursday (March 27), President Barack Obama met with the leaders of four sub-Saharan African countries in a bid to highlight the shared democratic sentiment…
UPDATE: 10:37 P.M. EST Euro News reports: DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s long-serving leader Abdoulaye Wade admitted defeat in the presidential election, congratulating his rival Macky…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — World music icon Youssou Ndour says he plans to run in Senegal’s presidential election next month, challenging an 85-year-old incumbent whose plans to seek a third term have sparked violent protests. SEE ALSO: African Dictator Propped Up By Coke (As In Coca-Cola) Ndour, who made the announcement late Monday on his […]
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<strong>Audio Included in Post. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One.</strong> Matthew Davis, a 2009 graduate of Arlington High School appeared on Afternoons with Amos discussing spending the year after graduation as a farmer working in a village in the West African nation of Senegal. Matthew Davis was part of the first class of Global Citizen Year, eleven American teens who spent a year working in developing nations. Davis, along with Karega Rausch , Director of the City's Office of Education Innovation and Global Citizen Year Founder Abby Falik discussed the program, while Matthew Davis discussed his year in Africa.