President Abdoulaye Wade

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai attended a meeting with Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade in Dakar, Thursday. Tsvangirai said he was "fairly satisfied" with talks with President Mugabe's party to end the political crisis in the country, adding that a Monday, August 4 deadline was not "inflexible". "I am fairly satisfied, but there are, like in any negotiations, sticking points that need to be unravelled," Tsvangirai told reporters in Dakar after meeting Senegalese President... Read Full Story

Two stories from the Reuters news service, reprinted in today’s Edmonton Journal, should bring a measure of hope to our tattered world. (These are Grow Mercy news stories.) The first story is about Senegal’s president, Abdoulaye Wade. His county is hosting the world’s biggest Islamic conference, the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). And in Abdoulaye Wade’s address to the Islamic organization he said believed the past antagonism between Islam and Christianity should be... Read Full Story

I love Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade. President Wade is lending his presidential jet to fans so they can fly to Ghana and watch Senegal's opening African Cup of Nations game, the Sports Ministry said on Thursday. Senegal play their opening Group D match against Tunisia on Jan. 23 in Tamale. You think President Bush would do that for me? "The supporters will leave on board the presidential plane, which will do two trips to Ghana on the 21 and 22 of January," the ministry said in a... Read Full Story

DAKAR, Senegal (March 14,2008) – The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)summit has opened in Senegal's capital, Dakar. The heads of state are discussing solidarity with poorer Muslim nations, and helping Palestinians. At the opening ceremony, Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade was officially given the chairmanship from Malaysia, which hosted the last OIC gathering in 2003. President Read Full Story

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