Holland America Line's 2011 Grand Voyages Set to Explore Seven Continents, 65 Countries Nov 5, 2009
This exceptional itinerary will especially appeal to guests who have traveled or cruised this region before, as the ship is set to call at many unique ports including Banjul, Gambia; Dakar, Senegal, and Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Four maiden ports of call are scheduled for the Grand Africa and Mediterranean Voyage as well: Havre de Robert, Martinique; Lipari, Italy; Syracusa, Sicily, Italy and Motril, Spain. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
First black woman tipped for top French book prize Oct 25, 2009
Part one follows a schoolteacher from Paris to Dakar on a difficult pilgrimage to the home of her estranged father. The second story is told through the eyes of an African woman's French partner, who has dragged her back to a mediocre existence in France and where both their lives are clouded by demons from his past. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Thousands identify Guinea bodies Oct 3, 2009
Opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo was prevented from leaving the country on Wednesday but was then allowed to travel to Dakar on Senegal's presidential plane before continuing to Paris. Monday's rally was called to protest at reports that the military leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, is planning to stand in presidential elections next year. (BBC News -- Africa)
Gratuities 101 Oct 2, 2009
Nossel has worked in Dakar, Mombasa, Johannesburg, London and Cyprus in the past year, and he says he always keeps some American currency handy, just in case. "When all else fails, the American dollar won't," he advises. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Delta direct a success Oct 1, 2009
Deltas daily flights between Johannesburg and Atlanta save travellers at least two hours in travel compared with the airlines previously offered service via Dakar or more than six hours compared to routings on other airlines via Europe. Passenger demand for Deltas new nonstop flights, which launched from O.R. Tambo International Airport on 2 June, has been strong with flights averaging more than 90 percent full. (iAfrica.com)
Project Lionheart: Seattle Based Ensemble Connects Hip-Hop with Activism on 'The Art of Resistance,' Their Sound Records Debut with Appearances by Canibus, Wu-Tang Clan Members, Bronze Nazareth and American Idol Runner-Up Blake Lewis Sep 17, 2009
So he took off from his adopted hometown of Seattle to study the drums in Dakar, Senegal. While returning to West Africa several more times over the next few years, he split his time Stateside drumming in a local reggae band and building an arsenal of hip hop beats and songs. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
China News 2009.09.06 Sep 9, 2009
The 16-person medical team has been working in Pikine Hospital in the suburbs of Dakar, capital of Senegal since September 2007. Liu Jianzhong, team leader of the medical envoy, said that his team had launched various kinds of new medical technologies and 4 large-scale volunteer medical consultations in Senegal. (Xinhuanet, China)
U.S. Peace Corps pulls volunteers from Mauritania Aug 18, 2009
DAKAR, Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. humanitarian group the Peace Corps has pulled its volunteer workforce from Mauritania due to security concerns following an upturn in violence in the West African desert nation. "For security reasons, we have taken 45 volunteers and 14 staff into our training centre (in Senegal)," Demba Sibibe, a Peace Corps official, said on Monday. (AlertNet)
Ghanas Missions Abroad Cash Trapped Aug 8, 2009
He said Ghanas Missions in Dakar and Luanda, among others, face such an embarrassing plight. He cited the fluctuating conversion rate of the cedi against other currencies as well as charges imposed by banks on transfers to Ghanas Missions abroad as some of the contributory factors to this problem. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Biometric passport system back on track Aug 5, 2009
He said currently some foreign missions, particularly those in Dakar and Luanda, were being ejected for non-payment of rent, adding that the Ministry had not been able to help because it was financially constrained. "Parliament allocated 73,108,536 Ghana Cedis to the Ministry for personal emoluments, administrative expenses, service expenditure and investment activities," he said. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Q+A - Insecurity in Eastern Chad Jul 18, 2009
DAKAR (AlertNet) - Aid workers in Chad have complained to local authorities that armed groups are present in refugee camps, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has told AlertNet. U.N. officials say they are aware that armed groups have been entering camps in the northeast and have raised the issue with Chadian authorities, although they did not say which groups were involved. (AlertNet)
Pushy French are world's worst tourists: study Jul 11, 2009
AFP/File Eurorpean tourists walk on the beach past empty deckchairs of a resort in Saly, south of Dakar, in May. Fri Jul 10, 9:43 am ET. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Africa: There's a Farming Crisis Too Jul 3, 2009
Dakar As an African Union summit on agricultural investments opens in Libya, donors and non-profits are calling participants' attention to the role smallholder farmers - mostly women - can have in feeding their communities. Agriculture is an overlooked "emergency" that deserves as much attention as the global financial crisis, according to Kate Norgrove with Oxfam UK's office in Dakar, Senegal. (allAfrica.com)
AF447 was 'intact on impact' Jul 3, 2009
The pilots of Flight 447 also failed to connect to the flight control center in Dakar, Senegal after leaving Brazil's zone, which meant that search and rescue operations could have been launched earlier, Bouillard said. People from 32 different countries including 72 French citizens and 59 Brazilians were aboard the Airbus A330. (iAfrica.com)
Delta pulls out of CT Jun 22, 2009
Article By: Travel Industry Review Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:17 Delta Airlines, the only US carrier operating to South Africa, will suspend its Cape Town-Dakar-Atlanta service following the August 29 departure ... He added that the airline's route from Johannesburg to Atlanta via Dakar "remained strong" and had not suffered the same decline in loads as the Cape Town service. (iAfrica.com)
Africa: U.S. Abruptly Cancels New Flights Jun 6, 2009
Delta recently added flights between Atlanta and Cape Town, South Africa, and Abuja, Nigeria via Dakar and non-stop flights from Atlanta to Johannesburg. Delta also direct flights from Lagos, Nigeria to Atlanta on June 9. (allAfrica.com)
Mauritania rivals agree to polls Jun 4, 2009
The agreement was announced by Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, following several days of intense negotiations in Dakar. He also announced the formation of a transitional unity government, to include members of the opposition. (BBC News -- Africa)
SAA saved R2.5bn Jun 2, 2009
Last Updated: 09:07am 02 Jun 2009. US Powerball Lottery. (iAfrica.com)
Air France confirms plane crash Jun 2, 2009
An air traffic controller at ASECNA in Dakar, which covers Francophone Africa, said they did not take control of AF 447. The plane was an Airbus 330-200 powered with General Electric engines. (India Times)
Kenya: Delta Air Lines to Link Atlanta And Nairobi May 30, 2009
The U.S. airline carrier Delta has announced it will launch direct flights between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport via Dakar, Senegal, beginning June 2, 2009 ... The flight will improve connections between the African nations of Senegal and Kenya by providing passengers with the option of traveling to Dakar ... Delta has also announced plans to replace its current route of Johannesburg-Dakar-Atlanta with a nonstop service between... (allAfrica.com)
SPOT Congratulates NASCAR Driver Robby Gordon for Third Place Finish At the Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 May 28, 2009
SPOT is a product sponsor for Robby Gordon's off-road racing pursuits, competing in the Dakar Rally and the Tecate SCORE Desert Racing Series including the famous Baja 1000. Robby maintains overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck point lead in 2009 SCORE Desert Series. (Primezone Releases)
Delta putting more of Africa on its map May 27, 2009
On June 2 The airline will begin flying between Atlanta and Nairobi, Kenya via Dakar, Senegal ... Delta will also launch Atlanta-Cape Town, South Africa flights via Dakar and nonstop flights from Atlanta to Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 1 ... From New York s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Delta will launch flights to Monrovia, Liberia, and Abuja, Nigeria, via Dakar this month. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Nigeria: Aid Agencies Cut Off From Niger Delta Displaced May 26, 2009
Dakar Aid agencies are unable to access an area in the Niger Delta where more than 2,000 people are believed to be hiding in the bush after a military offensive against militants forced families to flee their homes. Security forces have cordoned off the area as their operation continues. (allAfrica.com)
NIGERIA: Displaced out of aid workers' reach May 26, 2009
DAKAR, 25 May 2009 () - Aid agencies are unable to access an area in the Niger Delta where more than 2,000 people are believed to be hiding in the bush after a military offensive against militants forced families to flee their homes. Security forces have cordoned off the area as their operation continues. (AlertNet)
Chad: Tense Situation Keeps Aid From Refugees in East May 22, 2009
Dakar Growing insecurity in eastern Chad is limiting aid workers' access to refugees and displaced Chadians, aid workers say. Rebels and government troops recently clashed in eastern Chad and armed banditry - long a problem in the region - is on the rise, including the fatal shooting of a UN-trained national policeman on 13 May. (allAfrica.com)
New airline coming to SA May 21, 2009
The airline, which last December began daily flights to London, plans to launch as from next month operations into Freetown (Sierra Leone), Bangui (Gambia) and Dakar (Senegal), an official of the airline told AFP.. Arik is also the national carrier of neighbouring west African country Niger. (iAfrica.com)
Africa: Labour Migration Cuts Will Hurt Developing Countries, Says World Bank May 16, 2009
Dakar Several industrialised countries, including Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy, are cutting foreign worker migration quotas, which migration experts call a "mistake" for the economies of both developing and industrialised countries. Khalid Koser, migration specialist at the Geneva Center for Security Policy told IRIN: "These hits come on top of the 2008 global food crisis and high commodity prices, as well as [slow] progress on the Millennium Development Goals, accentuating some already... (allAfrica.com)
Kganyago still upbeat on plan to raise $1bn May 14, 2009
World capital markets "are not shut for everybody", National Treasury director-general Lesetja Kganyago said in Dakar, Senegal yesterday. Kganyago was speaking at the African Development Bank's annual meeting before starting a trip to raise as much as $1 billion (R8. (Business Report, South Africa)
Africa: No A (H1N1) Cases - Reality Or Poor Lab Facilities? May 9, 2009
Dakar No Influenza A (H1N1) cases have yet been confirmed in Africa, causing medical experts to question whether this is due to good luck or the continent's lack of fully-equipped influenza testing facilities. A (H1N1) cases have been confirmed in North and South America, Asia and Europe, but not yet Australasia or Africa, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). (allAfrica.com)
Africa: Health Agency Gears Up to Handle Swine Flu May 3, 2009
Dakar The World Health Organization's (WHO) Africa regional office has created a crisis management team to monitor the spread of influenza A/H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, as WHO raised the global influenza pandemic alert level to phase 5 - just short of a full pandemic. In West Africa regional organisations and governments are diffusing flu prevention information and gearing up to cope in case of an outbreak. (allAfrica.com)
AfDB Keeps an Eye On Swine Flu May 2, 2009
The AfDB is keeping an eye on swine flu as it sweeps across the globe. In a memo issued by the AfDB Human Resources Director, Daniel Tytiun, to Bank staff, the Bank expressed its concerns about the flu and advised staff on what precautions to they should take. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Malaria Data Scarce Apr 28, 2009
Dakar Health officials in Liberia have created a national database for communicable diseases, including malaria, but told IRIN that routine data collection is still hobbled by years of war-time negligence of health, including information management. "Data is a huge problem," said the deputy director of the country's National Malaria Control Programme, Tolbert Nyenswah. (allAfrica.com)
RC racing is high octane, tyre-screaming fun Apr 18, 2009
" Just around the corner from Moorebank Raceway is the home of the Liverpool Radio Rallycross Car Club (lrrcc.com). Unlike their neighbours, they like to play about in the dirt. Their 370-metre clay and soil track is purpose built for off-road racing, with jumps, berms and off-camber corners ensuring the cars are in the air as often as they are on the ground. The club races 1:8 buggies and truggies. A buggy resembles a dune buggy - think Dakar Rally - while a truggy is similar but with even... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Madonna heads to Malawi Mar 30, 2009
"That's the only information we have...she is coming in through Dakar (in Senegal) to Lilongwe," the official, who declined to be named, told AFP.. Madonna wants to adopt three-year-old Mercy James from an orphanage in southern Malawi, according to a court official. (iAfrica.com)
CBC slashes funding for top prime-time shows Mar 28, 2009
Dakar bureau closed, job cuts at Paris office, and Radio Canada International services in Ukrainian and Cantonese eliminated. Toronto Blue Jays broadcasts eliminated. (Globe and Mail)
Zuma's Afrikaner meeting Mar 27, 2009
"The Afrikaner community has played a key role in working for a new South Africa, from the historic meetings in Dakar, Senegal in the 1980s to working with us to finding a democratic settlement," Zuma said at a meeting with Afrikaner professionals and business people. Zuma outlined a number of the ANC's plans for crime, health, education, land reform and economic policies over the next five years. (iAfrica.com)
Students travel to Senegal for spring break humanity trip Mar 18, 2009
On March 6, they arrived in Dakar, Senegal's capital, where they were greeted by the scent of salt water and the sight of a lighthouse on the peninsula. During the day, the crowded city bustled with activity as people cooked outside and animals walked through the paved streets, said Mowczan. (Daily Orange, NY)
Fly non-stop to the USA Mar 4, 2009
This flight replaces Deltas previous service to Atlanta via Dakar. Margaret Copeland, Deltas commercial manager for Southern Africa commented: Taking our customers where they want to fly, when they want to fly is what Delta does best. (iAfrica.com)
Guinea-Bissau assassinations: Is Colombia's drug trade behind them? Mar 3, 2009
"This is bad news for the country, and there are real risks of factional fighting between elements of the military," says Richard Moncrieff, senior analyst for the International Crisis Group, based in Dakar, Senegal. "But the question now is what direction the Army intervention takes. To my mind, the risks are the mid-level officers, [who] are not used to running a country and tend to react harshly if a problem comes up.". (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Hu: African visit produces new consensus Feb 16, 2009
Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) meets with his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade in Dakar, capital of Senegal, Feb. 13, 2009. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin). (Xinhuanet, China)
Right name, wrong place Feb 13, 2009
Tales included an army recruit being flown to Lisbon, Portugal, rather than Lisburn, Northern Ireland, and how a family living in Dhaka, Bangladesh, invited a friend over from Britain - who flew to Dakar, west Africa. Then there are the stories - apocryphal perhaps - of visitors regularly pitching up in the historic Oxfordshire village of Woodstock with a frown on their faces. (BBC News -- UK)
Travel tales in The Departure Lounge Feb 10, 2009
I had driven from Dakar, the capital of Senegal, to Banjul, the capital of Gambia. The trip was full of pleasant surprises, none of which I felt inclined to repeat on the return journey. (iAfrica.com)
