Senegal: Groundnut Production in Freefall Nov 4, 2009
"The Senegalese government, alongside its development partners supports groundnut producers in the Senegal River valley," says Cheikh Fall, a member of ASPRODEB's board. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Flooded West Africans 'live like a fish' Sep 15, 2009
The U.N. World Food Program hopes to give out food rations to 125,000 people, including in Rosso, the small community on the banks of the Senegal River in southern Mauritania. Rebecca Blackwell / APMountaga Gaye stands at the door to his flooded home as a neighbor walks past on a walkway made of piled sacks filled with sandon the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, onSaturday. (MSNBC -- International)
Thousands alter their lives in flooded West Africa Sep 13, 2009
The World Food Program hopes to give out food rations to 125,000 people, including in Rosso, the small community on the banks of the Senegal River in southern Mauritania. The water was so deep in some neighborhoods that people were forced to swim out. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Africa: New Threats Aggravate Continent's Water Crisis Aug 24, 2009
The three partners in the Senegal River Basin, Mali Mauritania and Senegal, developed a clear methodology and framework to first quantify and then allocate benefits and costs of multi-purpose investments across the basin ... The scale of benefits derived, as well as the perceived fairness of the benefit sharing arrangement and of the solidarity between countries, has sustained substantive cooperation and a strong river basin organisation on the Senegal River, the authors conclude. (allAfrica.com)
Country profile: Mauritania Jul 20, 2009
More recently, ties with Senegal have been strained over the use of the Senegal River, which forms the border between the two countries. Mauritania officially banned slavery in 1981. (BBC News -- Africa)
Newsweek: Infectious diseases likely to increase Jun 24, 2009
In the Senegal River basin, populations of vector snails exploded upon construction of the Diama Dam in 1985, which made the water less saline. The region became a hotbed for schistosomiasis where it didn't exist before; currently, more than 200 million people are victims. (MSNBC -- Health)
Talking Shop: Baaba Maal Jun 16, 2009
Born in the small fishing town of Podor, on the Senegal River, he belonged to a caste traditionally restricted to working as fishermen and field workers. But he was encouraged to explore music by his mother and his lifelong friend, the blind griot (hereditary musician) Mansour Seck. (BBC News -- Africa)
Selfish use of rivers seen threatening political stability Mar 19, 2009
Smith said some countries cooperate well, such as Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal which share the Senegal River, while the Volta river is shared by six West African states. "The Rhine for example used to be a huge source of dispute between France, Germany and the Netherlands, particularly over pollution... institutions were set up and now the river is co-ordinated and is a clean river again.". (Scientific American)
Senegal: Coastal Erosion Research Goes Unfunded Feb 11, 2009
The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in 2008 named Saint-Louis as the African city most vulnerable to climate change damage due to its position between the Senegal River and Atlantic Ocean. Saint-Louis resident Mokhtar Gaye lives on Langue de Barbarie, a sandy tourist strip dotted with hotels. (allAfrica.com)
