Kolda (Senegal)

Type: City

Name: Kolda (Senegal)

Latitude: 12.91

Longitude: -14.95

population: 80,632

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Research centres to develop local science skills

A new centre for research and development has opened in Louga, as part of a programme in Senegal to set up centres in all regions to develop local scientific knowledge and skills and technology transfer. In a separate initiative Fortica, a youth entrepreneurship ... [Published University World News - May 11 2013]

Entities: Louga (Senegal), Dakar, Entrepreneurship, Thies

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Senegal acts on child begging after fire kills nine in care of renegade teacher

Government plans to shut substandard Islamic schools after fire shows risks to children forced to earn money for teachersA fire in March that left nine children dead and a country in shock has prompted the Senegalese government to finally take action ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Senegal, Child Trafficking, Religion, Kolda (Senegal)

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

Senegal: UNICEF Monthly Humanitarian Situation Report Senegal - March 2013

Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Senegal Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs The national nutritional survey with SMART methods carried out in June 2012 enabled UNICEF to revise the estimated target caseload of severe cases of malnutrition ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: Senegal, United Nations International Children's Emergen..., Situation Report

First reported Mar 13 2013 - Updated Mar 13 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UNICEF

Senegal: UNICEF Monthly Humanitarian Situation Report Senegal - February 2013

Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Senegal Highlights Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) caseload in 2012 more than doubled expectations with more than 13,000 SAM cases reported in Matam and Diourbel regions only. The 2013 SAM burden is estimated at ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Mar 13 2013]

Entities: Senegal, Situation Report, United Nations International Children's Emergen...

First reported Dec 07 2012 - Updated Dec 07 2012 - 1 reports

Senegal: Bumper grain harvest expected in southern Senegal

Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Senegal Farmers in Médina Yoro Foula, in Senegal’s southern Kolda region, are expecting a good grain harvest this year, and hope to sell thousands of tonnes of grain in the local and regional markets. “The harvest ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Dec 07 2012]

Entities: Senegal, Kolda (Senegal), Agriculture

Quotes

"The plan hopes to rejuvenate a law drafted in 2007 that regulates the daaras by introducing operating norms and standards, as well as evaluating and identifying daaras that need to be shut down" said Amsatou Sow Sidibe, a presidential adviser

Senegal acts on child begging after fire kills nine in care of renegade teacher [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 17 2013]

"A villager working in the fields often doesn't have money even to organize for baptism. He names his child and returns to the farm - he doesn't worry about the future" said Yaya Kandé, the deputy village chief in charge of birth registration

Texting for Birth Certificates [Published AllAfrica.com - Aug 10 2012]

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