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¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Details have continued to emerge regarding Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's project for a "Monument of the African Renaissance." To pay off the North Korean firm that is ...

DAKAR, April 2 (Reuters) - A leading imam on Friday issued a fatwa condemning Senegal's monument to the "African Renaissance" in the latest blow to President Abdoulaye Wade's project, a day before its ...

Dakar [Senegal], November 5 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Friday thanked the Government of Senegal for honouring Mahatma Gandhi by installing his bust at African ...

What do you do with a mammoth Stalinist-style monument, bigger than the Statue of Liberty and much less popular, after its North Korean builders have gone and the leader who designed it has been ...

Venkaiah Naidu visiting the Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, Senegal. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and his spouse Usha Naidu paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at the African ...

Ethan discussses Abdoulaye Wade’s African Renaissance Monument project: “Sure, there’s the predictable “Does a country with a per capita income of $1088 per person need a huge copper statue?” The ...

It's been almost a decade since Senegal's president swept to power with an election campaign slogan of change. Abdoulaye Wade's victory ended 40 years of Socialist Party leadership in the West African ...

Dakar [Senegal], June 2 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, who is on his 3-nation tour, visited the Monument of African Renaissance in Dakar, Senegal on Thursday. "The Vice President, Venkaiah ...