SENEGAL PRESIDENTIAL PALACE Dakar (palais presidentiel du senegal)
The Palace of the Republic, residence of the President of the Republic, is a historic manor located in the Plateau district of Dakar, capital city of Senegal. Built in 1902, the Palace used to be the official residence of the Governor General of French West Africa.
The Presidential Palace
The Palace, the construction of which was commissioned in 1902 by Gaston Doumergue, Minister of Colonies at the time, was initially built to accommodate the Governor General of French West Africa (AOF), who was living in Saint-Louis, in the capital. It was designed by Henri Deglane.
After five years of construction, this neoclassical building topped with a tower inspired by the Trocadéro in Paris, was inaugurated on June 28, 1907 as the Palace of the General Government.
The Governor General at the time, Ernest Roume, was the first to take up residence in the Palace. He was charged to move the seat of the General Government of the AOF from Saint-Louis to Dakar, and to set up the central administrative structures of this sprawling territorial whole.
The Governors General, then the High Commissioners were designated as heads of the Palace. As architecture and technology evolved over time, the building underwent several renovations giving it its current shape with monumental and understated lines.
The edifice was modernised by High Commissioner Paul Bechard, tenant of the premises from 1947 to 1951. It was following this renovation that the Palace opened its doors to the first President of the Republic of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, who became its official resident on September 5, 1960.
Since Senegal's independence, the Palace of the Republic has been the Head of State’s place of residence and, as such, was home to Presidents Léopold Sédar Senghor from 1960 to 1980, Abdou Diouf from 1980 to 2000, Abdoulaye Wade from 2000 to 2012, and Macky Sall since 2012.
SENEGAL: DAKAR: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT
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United States president Bill Clinton and the leader of the West African nation of Senegal met on Wednesday, after being cheered by thousands of dancing and chanting well-wishers.
The talks are being held at Senegal's presidential palace, in the capital Dakar.
Clinton was met at the palace by Senegalese president Abdou Diouf, who has been the country's leader since 1981.
Riding to the palace, which is on the Atlantic coast, Clinton passed a long stretch of beach where thousands of people cheered and applauded.
United States President Bill Clinton held talks on Wednesday with his Senegalese counterpart Abdou Diouf in the country's capital, Dakar.
Their meeting took place at Senegal's presidential palace on the Atlantic coast.
It was built at the dawn of the century as the residence for the governor general of French West Africa, which became Senegal when the country gained its independence in 1960.
A military band and an honour guard stood at attention when Clinton was greeted by Diouf, a slender man several inches taller than his U-S counterpart.
Clinton wants to establish a new role for this former French colony as American partner and African peacekeeper.
Senegal was one of the first African nations to embrace the U-S-backed African Crisis Response Initiative that aims to organise an all-African peacekeeping force with training by U-S Army Special Forces troops.
Clinton has praised Senegal's role in peacekeeping and says it shows that Africa can solve its own problems.
Before arriving at the site, Clinton and his wife Hillary were welcomed by thousands of people cheering and dancing in the streets.
After the meeting with Diouf, Clinton will visit the Thies Military Base to see training exercises conducted as part of the African Crisis Response Initiative.
Clinton will wrap up his trip on Thursday with a speech on the future of U-S-African relations at Goree Island, a former outpost of the slave trade off the coast of Dakar.
Senegal is the final stop on Clinton's six-nation tour of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Senegal protesters to march on presidential palace
There has been violence in Senegal after the country's top legal body gave the go-ahead for veteran President Abdoulaye Wade to stand for a third term - and rejected the candidacy of singer Youssou N'Dour.
Trouble broke out in several cities including the capital Dakar, where a policeman was reported to have been killed.
Now opposition parties and other groups are calling on people to march on the presidential palace today.
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Gambia: West African troops secure presidential palace
Soldiers from regional force ECOWAS are securing Gambia's presidential palace as they prepare for the return of President Adama Barrow from neighbouring Senegal.
The troops entered the capital, Banjul, over the weekend to pressure longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh to step down.
Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris reports from Banjul.
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4:3 Obama greeted by Senegalese counterpart at the presidential palace
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1. US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greeted by Senegal's President Macky Sall, and his wife, Marieme Faye Sall
2. Cutaway of media
3. Obamas and Salls stand together, turn around, walk inside
STORYLINE:
US President Barack Obama flew into Senegal's capital Dakar on Thursday, his first stop in a week-long trip around the African continent.
Thousands of boisterous revellers welcomed Obama's motorcade, cheering and waving homemade signs as the first African-American president made his way to the presidential palace for his meeting with President Macky Sall.
Sall and his wife, Marieme Faye Sall, greeted Obama and first lady Michelle Obama before entering the palace for talks.
Obama and Sall were scheduled to hold a news conference before ferrying to Goree Island for Obama's tour.
It's the first of two island visits where Obama planned to highlight racial atrocities of the past.
The second was scheduled for Sunday at South Africa's Robben Island, where anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.
But Mandela's condition could affect Obama's plans, as the former South African president is in a critical condition in a Pretoria hospital.
Mandela's legacy hangs over the entire trip, with Senegal among many African countries that have benefited from his example of a peaceful transition to power.
Obama's focus in Senegal will be on the modern-day achievements of the former French colony after half a century of independence.
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Richly decorated on the interior and exterior, it is stylistically similar to the Mausoleum of Mohammed V in Casablanca. Its minaret rises to 67 meters.
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Senegal - Bill and Hillary Clinton visit
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US President Bill Clinton on Wednesday (1/4) was winding up his six-national tour of Africa with a visit to Senegal and talks with President Abdou Diouf.
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MS military band playing and US President Bill Clinton, walks into frame together with Senegal President Abdou Diouf to inspect troops;
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SOT (in English) with Clinton thanking Diouf for his contribution to peacekeeping around the world and work on the African Crisis Response Initiative;
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Anti-government protest near presidential palace, just hours after arrests
(19 Mar 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Various top shots of demonstration
2. Close up of crowds cheering
3. Demonstrators with banners
4. Close of banner: (French) 11 years of failure
5. Mid of banner: (French) Wade = deception of the youth
6. SOUNDBITE: (French) No Name Given, Senegalese businessman, 55: (++PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A ROUGH TRANSLATION++)
We want justice, there is no governing here, we are tired of this regime.
7. Various of riot police
8. Wide of demonstrators
9. Riot police in foreground, protesters in distance
10. Pan across demonstration
STORYLINE:
Thousands gathered on Saturday near the presidential palace in Dakar to protest against the Senegalese government.
Senegal is a moderate Muslim nation with one of the most established democracies in the region, but popular frustration is mounting because of daily power cuts and rising costs.
There is also growing discontent over octogenarian President Abdoulaye Wade's attempt to run for a third term next year, as well as the increasing influence of his son, Karim.
The country's leading opposition council and other critics of the president demonstrated on the 11th anniversary of Wade coming to power.
Though it was doubtful the protests would reach anywhere near the magnitude of those sweeping North Africa, they could prove a telling test of support for the country's fractured opposition ahead of 2012 presidential elections.
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Senegal fans, president, celebrate World Cup win
1. Various of Senegal fans celebrating outside Presidential Palace
2. Mid shot President Abdoulaye Wade (in purple) on top of car talking to journalists
3. Wide of Presidential motorcade and fans celebrating
3. President Wade on top of car waving Senegalese flag
4. Wide of motorcade in crowded street
5. Fans waving flag atop car
6. Various people dancing, waving Senegalese flags
STORYLINE:
Ecstatic West Africans celebrated Senegal's stunning World Cup upset win over France as a victory for all Africa on
Friday, dancing in streets of cities from the Atlantic Ocean to the Congo River.
Thousands gathered in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to mark the World Cup newcomer's barely-hoped for victory over the World Cup's defending champion -- and their former colonial ruler.
Men, women and children ran and danced through the city at the 1-0 triumph, with Senegal's red, green and yellow flag streaming from outstretched hands.
Thousands pressed up to the gates of the Palace of the Republic in downtown Dakar to congratulate the president, Abdoulaye Wade, who decreed the day a national holiday so that all could celebrate.
The president later toured the capital in a triumphant motorcade.
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Dr Mahathir holds talks with Senegalese president in Dakar
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad held talks with Senegal’s President Macky Sall at the Presidential Palace soon after his arrival here to attend a conference on Africa.
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Bridge connecting Gambia, Senegal opens
Senegalese President Macky Sall and Gambian President Adama Barrow inaugurated on Monday the Senegambia Bridge, which will promote trade in West Africa and whose completion after decades of delay symbolizes the renewed understanding between the two countries.
The inauguration of the bridge comes two years after Yahya Jammeh's departure, who for more than 22 years ruled Gambia, a small English-speaking country landlocked in Senegal, with the exception of a narrow coastline that is popular wi…
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SENEGAL: DAKAR: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT UPDATE
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President Bill Clinton on Wednesday announced he would send three of his cabinet secretaries to Africa later this year for talks on financial, trade and transport issues.
He made the announcement in the West African nation of Senegal - the last stop on his six-day tour of the African continent.
In Senegal, he held talks with President Abdou Diouf, who has been the country's leader since 1981.
President Abdou Diouf welcomed his American guest at his presidential palace in Dakar.
The palace is set behind tall iron gates overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
It was built at the dawn of the century as the residence for the governor general of French West Africa.
Senegal became an independent nation in 1960.
A military band and an honour guard stood at attention as Clinton met Diouf, a slender man several inches taller than his U-S counterpart.
Clinton wants to establish a new role for this former French colony as American partner and African peacekeeper.
After the meeting, Clinton visited the Thies Military Base to see training exercises conducted as part of the African Crisis Response Initiative.
Senegal was one of the first African nations to embrace the U-S-backed Initiative that aims to organise an all-African peacekeeping force trained by U-S Army Special Forces.
Clinton praised Senegal's role in peacekeeping and said it showed that Africa could solve its own problems.
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Amid chaos and ruin these soldiers and other like them can bring security hope and the future... Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, Liberia and elsewhere. Our purpose is not to dominate security matters in Africa or to abandon America's role in African security but instead to build on existing efforts.
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The president also announced he would send three of his administration secretaries back to Africa later this year for talks on financial, trade and transport issues.
Clinton said Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin would meet African finance ministers, Transport Secretary Rodney Slater would organise regional conferences on air safety and Commerce Secretary Richard Daley would head a trade mission.
Clinton himself will wrap up his trip on Thursday with a speech on the future of U-S-African relations at Goree Island, a former outpost of the slave trade off the coast of Dakar.
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Peace talks between Senegal and Ivory Coast start
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1. Runway at Dakar International Airport
2. Ivory Coast President's plane taxiing
3. Wide of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade walking out to welcome Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo
4. Various of Gbagbo getting off plane and being welcomed by Wade and other officials
5. Gbagbo gets into a car and leaves
6. Ivory coast residents, living in Dakar, welcome the president's motorcade
7. Wide shot of meeting room
8. Mid shot of Wade and Gbagbo together
9. Mid of Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore
10. SOUNDBITE: (French) Cheick Tidiani Gadio, Senegalese Foreign Minister:
Therefore the summit has fixed the date of the 31st of December 2002 for the deployment of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) troops.
11. SOUNDBITE: (French) Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese President:
There is no incompatibility between the mission of the ECOWAS troops and the French presence on the ground.
12. Presidents end presse
STORYLINE:
Rebels in Ivory Coast attacked a western, government-held town, on Wednesday as West African leaders decided to send a 1,500-strong regional peace force to a war that has already drawn in more than 1,000 French troops.
Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, on Wednesday West African leaders committed to a December 31 deployment of the peace force, and picked Senegalese and Nigerian military and political commanders to lead it.
West African forces are to work alongside a French deployment growing to 2,500 troops in the former French colony, striving to enforce a repeatedly violated October 17 cease-fire in the three-month-old war.
On Wednesday, a few days' lull in fighting ended when rebels launched what an Ivory Coast military official said was a three-pronged attack on the city of Man. Fighting persisted late into Wednesday near Man's airport, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Western military officials confirmed the attack, and said rebels had been driven back. Residents said shooting could still be heard late in the day.
The attack came as regional leaders met in nearby Senegal to seek a peaceful way out of a conflict that has killed hundreds, sent tens of thousands fleeing and crippled the economy in what was once one of West Africa's most stable and prosperous nations.
After launching a failed coup attempt in September, rebels seized the northern half of the country. New rebel factions have since emerged in the West, and officials say Liberian fighters are also operating there.
France has said it will beef up its forces to 2,500 in Ivory Coast, and has armed the crack troops with a tougher mandate - including orders to shoot if obstructed, attacked or if they see abuses being committed.
In Dakar, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade presided over the summit with Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and leaders or top officials of 10 other West African countries in what organisers called a last-ditch push to resolve the crisis.
Talks ended with the leaders' setting the imminent deployment of the West African force, which has been discussed for weeks. West African peacekeeping forces initially had been slated to take over from the French in enforcing a cease-fire.
However, Wade indicated on Wednesday that the French troops would now stay on after deployment of the West African force, saying: Our two missions are not incompatible.
A summit statement after the talks said Gbagbo had taken note of grievances presented by Ivory Coast's rebels, and would present his own peace plan by Friday.
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