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2011-12-05 Africa Subsaharan

Guinea Bissau denies rumours of ill president's death

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Posted by Fred 2011-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Guinea-Bissau's chaos is evident in the rotting infrastructure all over the capital city. Middle Daughter visited in 2007, and when she asked about the disintegration of the presidential mansion she was told that the damages were from a bomb ten years earlier.

About Fred's line about Senegal's " primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees..." Also true. Many of the refugees are escaped Black African slaves from Mauretania. Mauretania finally got around to making slavery officially illegal in 1989, but hasn't enforced its laws.

Recently, the population of Senegal was outraged by the persistent mistreatment of young boys called Talibe. The Talibe are sent to live with an imam to learn the Koran. In practice, that means that the imam sends the kids out to beg for food all day and then drills recitations of Koranic verses at night. The kids get no real education and learn no job skills; and they often get beaten for not bringing back enough. In 2010, the Senegalese press printed some exposes on the subject. In response to the resulting public investigations, the imams moved their operations into Mauretania.

Posted by mom 2011-12-05 16:36|| 2011-12-05 16:36|| Front Page Top

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