Senegal's Senghor laid to rest Senegal's founding father, the poet and former president Leopold Sedar Senghor, has been laid to rest in state in the capital Dakar.
Five African heads of state and thousands of mourners paid their last respects to the man who led Senegal to independence. He died at the age of 95, on 20 December.
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Metsu under fire
The Lions of Senegal have been criticised in the local media for their 4-2 loss in Dakar to the Stallions of Burkina Faso last Wednesday.
Two goals from Amadou Touré, and second half strikes from Wilfried Sanou and Tanguy Barro condemned the Lions to Wednesday's defeat.
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Nigeria's oil wealth shuns the needy The way oil wealth is managed in Nigeria is one of the key issues facing those living there.
The government and oil companies have profited by hundreds of billions of dollars since oil was first discovered.
Yet most Nigerians living in the oil producing regions are living in dire poverty.
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Senegal's Senghor laid to rest 
Metsu under fire
Nigeria's oil wealth shuns the needy
