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Senegal: Shaky start to Dakar WSF 2011

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Senegal, Development

A shaky start to the World Social Forum [1]in Dakar, Senegal: “At the first official day of the Forum, hundreds of participants from around the world were stranded as a result of the absence of a complete programme, inadequate and well-labelled venues, thus driving many event-organisers to either postpone or cancel planned events on February 7.