Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has
called for reforms in the West African Economic and Monetary
Union (UEMOA) to reinforce good governance in the Francophone
community.
29/01/2003full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The seventh ordinary summit of Heads of
State and government of the West African Economic and Monetary
Union (UEMOA) opened here Wednesday afternoon.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Delegates from five West African states
are meeting Wednesday in Dakar to fine-tune the mechanics of
a new West African Monetary Zone, a process launched three years
ago.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Togolese President Gnassingbe
Eyadema and his Niger counterpart Mamadou Tandja flew
into Dakar Wednesday for the ECOWAS and West African
Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Summits.
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Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togolese President General Gnassingbe
Eyadema left Lome Wednesday for Dakar to attend the
7th West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
Summit.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - At least six heads of State will
attend the 7th Summit of the eight-nation West African
Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), which opens in Dakar
Wednesday, according to official sources in the Senegalese
capital.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The United Nations' World Food Programme
(WFP) Tuesday launched an appeal to international donors to
provide emergency relief food to five countries in western Sahel,
where hundreds of thousands of people are threatened with
starvation.
28/01/2003full text...
Paris, France (PANA) - A representative of the external wing of
the southern Senegalese rebel Movement of Casamance Democratic
Forces (MFDC) on Tuesday proposed Paris as the venue of the next
peace talks with President Abdoulaye Wade's government.
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouadhibou Football Club,
Mauritania's defending champions, is in Senegal since 27
January to prepare for the next African champions' league, an
official of the club told PANA Tuesday.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Thirteen Senegalese primary and secondary
school teachers unions Tuesday embarked on a two-day warning
strike to protest the government's refusal to increase various
allowances.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has
appealed to international donors for emergency relief food to
five countries in the western Sahel region, where hundreds of
thousands of people are threatened with starvation.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - At least seven heads of state have so far
confirmed their participation in ECOWAS 27th summit, scheduled to
open Thursday in Dakar, official sources said here Tuesday.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Ivorian crisis still dominates
meetings ahead of the 30-31 January ECOWAS Summit in the
Senegalese capital despite last weekend's Marcoussis agreement in
France to end the four-month-old military uprising.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Morocco and Malawi are among seven
countries that will benefit from Global AIDS Fund grants set up
to fight AIDS, TB and malaria, the Fund said in Geneva,
Switzerland.
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Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Three Senegalese fishermen were
reported missing since Thursday off the coast of Guinea-Bissau,
relatives reported Sunday in Ziguinchor.
27/01/2003full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese foreign minister Cheikh
Tidiane Gadio declared Monday in Dakar that the Economic
community of West African states (ECOWAS) wanted the Ivorian
rebel movements to be transformed into legally constituted
political parties.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohamed Ibn
Chambas Monday urged unreserved co-operation for the
implementation of the Marcoussis agreement brokered in France at
the weekend on the Ivorian crisis even as sub-regional leaders
prepare for a regular Summit to cement the accord in the
Senegalese capital.
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New York, US (PANA) - UN weapons inspectors in Iraq Monday
briefed the UN Security Council, seeking improved cooperation
from the Arab nations towards confidence-building and
disarmament.
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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The ECOWAS Council of Ministers
began its 49th session in Dakar Sunday ahead of the 30-31 January
Summit of the 15-nation sub-regional Organisation, against the
backdrop of the fast evolving Ivorian crisis.
26/01/2003full text...
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Simmering social tensions marked by a
series of strikes and street demonstrations was the focus of
Senegalese editorials this week.
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