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Herders and farmers from left, Adama Sow, Oumar Ba and Daka Sow walk outside Niéti Yone, northern Senegal, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Thompson)

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'I bought their dream': How a US company's huge land deal in Senegal went bust
By JACK THOMPSON - Associated Press
Tue,04/01/25-12:13AM , 110 Reads
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rusting pipes in a barren field and unpaid workers are what remain after a U.S. company promised to turn a huge piece of land in Senegal — about twice the size of Paris — into an agricultural project and create thousands of jobs.
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Phoenix Suns center Bol Bol (11) shoots over New Orleans Pelicans forward Kelly Olynyk during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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Bol scores 25 points and Suns snap 3-game skid with 125-108 win over shorthanded Pelicans
By JACK THOMPSON - Associated Press
Fri,02/28/25-10:33PM , 92 Reads
PHOENIX (AP) — Bol Bol scored 25 points, one shy of his career high, and the Phoenix Suns never trailed in defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 125-108 to snap a three-game skid Friday night.
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Farming trainees who have been amputated during Sierra Leone's civil war from 1991-2002, do warmup exercises before starting their day at the Farming on Crutches initiative in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Thompson)

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'We fall and we rise': Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
By JACK THOMPSON - Associated Press
Thu,12/26/24-11:39PM , 97 Reads
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, and he tumbled into the dense grass.
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New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) shoots over Phoenix Suns center Bol Bol, guard Bradley Beal (3), and center Jusuf Nurkic (20) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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McCollum, Williamson help Pelicans beat Suns 113-105, leaving teams tied for 6th
By JACK THOMPSON - Associated Press
Sun,04/07/24-7:39PM , 286 Reads
PHOENIX (AP) — C.J. McCollum scored 31 points, Zion Williamson had 29 and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Phoenix Suns 113-105 on Sunday, leaving the teams tied for the sixth and final guaranteed Western Conference playoff spot.
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