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Delegation visits Senegal

[Senegal] Mangoes infested with the fly larvae rot on the ground in Senegal's Casamance region, destroying a source of income for the region's farmers. [Date picture taken: 08/17/2006] Mamadou Alpha Diallo/IRIN
Mangoes infested with whitefly larvae rot on the ground in Senegal's Casamance region, destroying a source of income for the region's farmers.
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    A government delegation from Guinea Bissau, led by former Prime Minister Victor Saude Maria, travelled to Dakar on Friday, according to news organisations. Saude Maria said on Africa No. 1, a Gabon-based radio station, that Guinea Bissau should intensify ties with its partners, “especially with neighbouring countries such as Senegal and Guinea”. He also said that institutions in Guinea Bissau were functioning well and that nothing could prevent presidential elections from being held on 28 November. A diplomat in Dakar told IRIN that the delegation met President Abdou Diouf and other high-ranking officials. The primary purpose of the visit was “to consolidate ties between Senegal and Guinea Bissau,” the source said.

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