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The anti-capitalist alternative to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the World Social Forum, has kicked off in Senegal with tens of thousands marching in the capital Dakar. |
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A man torches himself of the presidential palace to protest pension payments. |
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The Senegalese army and separatist rebels in Casamance province fought for nearly five hours in a battle that left one soldier dead, an army officer said. |
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A Senegalese man died Saturday after setting himself on fire near the presidential palace in Dakar on Friday, in the second such incident in less than 10 days, police said. His death came to symbolize the peoples grievances against government corruption, rampant unemployment and other socio-economic ills that Arab leaders had failed to redress. |
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The Confederation of Autonomous Unions [CSA] yesterday staged a protest march to denounce what it calls the high cost of living and violations of workers rights. |
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Authorities claim they have foiled an coup attempt. Four detained. |
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An anti government sit-in at Dakars Place de lIndependance drew at least 3,000 protesters. |
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The Senegalese army clashed with separatists in the southern Casamance region on Saturday, leaving three soldiers dead and several others wounded, according to the military. |
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About 200 disabled Senegalese former soldiers held a two-hour demonstration Friday on a busy Dakar street to call for better pay and health coverage, an AFP correspondent saw. |
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A Senegalese military vehicle hit a landmine in the restive southwestern province of Casamance on Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding "several others," a security source said."Our men were on patrol when their vehicle hit an anti-tank mine at Djifangar," in northern Casamance, the source said, without specifying the number of injured. |
