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• N'Dour, Saariaho share Sweden's Polar Music Prize

  Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho have been awarded the international 2013 Polar Music Prize, Sweden's most ... 

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  4-story building collapses in Senegal, killing 2

  Ibrahim Balde knew his place. He was the newest member of the construction crew, expected to do the hardest tasks for the lowest pay. So when he ... 

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  Senegal to close Islamic schools after fatal fire

  Senegal's president says the government will close all Islamic schools that do not meet basic safety standards, after nine children in a Quranic ... 

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  Algeria terror leader preferred money to death

  Moktar Belmoktar is known abroad as the man who orchestrated the abduction of scores of foreigners last week at a BP-operated plant in the remote, ... 

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  Africa forces' role in Mali faces diverse snags

  West African nations that promised to send troops to fight al-Qaida in Mali are finding it's a lot trickier than they'd hoped to actually get boots ... 

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  Dakar mosque lit up for Christmas in Senegal

  After prayers at the mosque, Ibrahim Lo is off to do some last-minute Christmas shopping. Soon he is eyeing the rows of dolls wrapped in plastic bags ...