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Senegal Growing Up Over Marriage

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Issa Sikiti da Silva – IPS – Friday, 01 March 2013 (originally published 25 Feb) DAKAR, Feb 25 2013 (IPS) – When Abdoulaye Ba heard his local Imam in Dakar, Senegal, speaking out against child marriage, he found that the idea was not very palatable to him. As head of his family, he had intended [...]

Maxima the grassroots princess visits Senegal

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Sheriff Bojang Jnr – Radio Netherlands Worldwide – Friday, 13 May, 2011 Princess Maxima has already won the hearts of the Dutch people and now she looks set to win those of Africans. As part of her West African tour of Senegal and Mali, the Crown Princess of the Netherlands is acting as a UN advocate for inclusive [...]

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