The Senegal

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Senegal offers free land to Haitians

President Abdoulaye Wade said Haitians were sons and daughters of Africa since Haiti was founded by slaves, including some thought to be from Senegal.

"The president is offering voluntary repatriation to any Haitian that wants to return to their origin," said Mr Wade's spokesman, Mamadou Bemba Ndiaye.

Tuesday's earthquake killed tens of thousands and left many more homeless.

Buildings have been reduced to rubble, the distribution of aid is slow, and people have been flooding out of the devastated capital, Port-au-Prince.

"Senegal is ready to offer them parcels of land - even an entire region. It all depends on how many Haitians come," Mr Bemba Ndiaye said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8463921.stm

 

[thoughtone]

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[Cruise]

Re: Senegal offers free land to Haitians

That's a hell of an offer.

It's something a white country (like the United States) would never do.

 

[QueEx]

Re: Senegal offers free land to Haitians

It is a good offer. You should take advantage, as well.

 

[Nat_Turner]

Re: Senegal offers free land to Haitians

I'd take them up on it!

 

[tg1lmore]

Re: Senegal offers free land to Haitians

I'd take them up on it!

c/s

 

[RBGrider]

Re: Senegal offers free land to Haitians

On it's face it does appear to be a wonderful gesture. But...one has to wonder really what is behind this talk of "evacuating" Haiti? I have never heard of talk of people being taken out of their country and brought to another country..another town or city yes but a whole other country?? Nah. Why is the U.S. so anxious to occupy Haiti militarily? Are the rumors of huge Gold deposits in Haiti true? Is there oil offshore?? or is Haiti just a perfect military vantage point for them too keep close tabs on Chavez and Castro?? It is interesting too that after charges of misappropriation of funds that Wyclef is even pushing this agenda..did they threaten him..either you back this plan or we'll destroy you and Yele??? all very odd.

 

[thoughtone]

Re: Senegal offers free land to Haitians

Now, can the Haitians make the land productive?

 

[BlackWolf]

Senegal severs ties with Iran

Senegal's foreign ministry accuses Tehran of supplying weapons to separatist rebels in its southern Casamance region.




Senegal has cut diplomatic ties with Iran, accusing Tehran of supplying weapons to separatist rebels in its southern Casamance region, the foreign ministry said.

"Senegal has decided to break off diplomatic relations with the Republic of Iran," the foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement linked the Iranian weapons with an attack on Sunday in Casamance, the latest in a string of such attacks by rebels engaged in one of Africa's longest-running conflicts, which resulted in the deaths of three Senegalese troops.

'Iranian bullets'

"The report presented to the president of the Republic [Abdoulaye Wade] by the army chief of staff on recent developments in Casamance has shown that the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC) was using sophisticated weapons which caused the death of Senegalese soldiers," the statement said.

"Senegal is outraged to see that Iranian bullets caused the death of three Senegalese soldiers."

The row is the latest in a spate of diplomatic upsets between Iran and West African nations over alleged arms smuggling that has damaged the Iranian government's search for trade partners on the continent.

In December, Senegal recalled its ambassador to Iran, saying the government of the west African country was unsatisfied with explanations given by Iranian officials over a seizure of mortars and rockets in Nigeria in October.

Neighbouring Gambia has also cut ties with Tehran over the arms shipment.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/201122392022223897.html

 

[QueEx]

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The Great African Land Rush

 

[Greed]

In Senegal, women kill own babies due to strict abortion laws

In Senegal, women kill own babies due to strict abortion laws
Reuters
By Misha Hussain December 1, 2014 1:40 PM

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Strict abortion laws in Senegal are forcing women to seek clandestine abortions and as a last resort kill their own infants, according to a new report by human rights groups.

Backstreet abortions and infanticide, a consequence of the West African nation's abortion legislation, account for 38 percent of detention cases among women in Senegal, the report said.

Unmarried pregnant girls are ostracized and sometimes take drastic measures, said Amy Sakho, who runs a drop-in center for women for the Senegalese Association of Women Jurists (AJS).

"They leave the infants out in the middle of the forest to starve to death or get eaten by wild animals," Sakho said. "Others strangle them or throw them in the septic tank."

The study is based on a research by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and three other rights groups carried out in early November in three of Senegal's biggest cities, Ziguinchor, Thies and Dakar.

Senegal's legislation on abortion is amongst the most draconian in Africa, according to a survey of laws by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Only under life threatening circumstances may a woman have an abortion and women who terminate their pregnancies and the health workers who assist them face jail terms.

For a woman to be granted a legal abortion, she has to obtain the opinion of three doctors that her life is at risk, often at great expense and involving a lengthy procedure. Scarcely any legal terminations are carried out.

In one reported case, a 10-year-old girl, pregnant with twins as a result of rape, was forced to continue with the pregnancy despite risks to her health, according to AJS, which lobbied on the girl's behalf.

Women seek out backstreet abortions, risking their lives at the hands of doctors who may not be qualified or have the necessary equipment. Eight to 13 percent of maternal deaths in Senegal are the result of clandestine abortions, said the study.

The rights groups accused Senegal's government of violations of women's reproductive rights under international law in their report "I do not want this child, I want to go to school".

The Maputo Protocol on the rights of women in Africa, ratified by Senegal in 2005, requires states to guarantee the right to abortion in cases of sexual assault, rape, incest, danger to the mental and physical health mother or the life of the mother or fetus.

The rights groups have drafted a law to allow Senegal to fulfil its obligations under the protocol: "Our organizations urge the Senegalese government to present the draft law on abortion in the National Assembly as soon as possible," said Fanta Doumbia, spokesperson for FIDH.

http://news.yahoo.com/senegal-women-kill-own-babies-due-strict-abortion-184019327.html