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Bill Pinkney, who notched a first while sailing the globe, dies at 87

Union Leader 12 Sep 2023
While serving on the board of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut in 1999, he led a six-month educational voyage to re-create the Middle Passage of the Atlantic slave trade, taking teachers and students to Puerto Rico and Brazil and then on to Ghana and Senegal.
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Bill Pinkney, former Navy sailor who notched a first while sailing the globe, dies at 87

Stars and Stripes 07 Sep 2023
While serving on the board of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut in 1999, he led a six-month educational voyage to re-create the Middle Passage of the Atlantic slave trade, taking teachers and students to Puerto Rico and Brazil and then on to Ghana and Senegal.
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EU fast fashion smartens its recycling act

Business Day 03 Sep 2023
Within a year, the sorting centre run by garment re-use and recycling charity Moda Re plans to double the volume it handles to 40,000 tonnes annually ... H&M said it recognised it was “part of the problem” ... Almost half the clothes donated to Moda Re are shipped for resale in African countries including Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal ... Reuters .
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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Taipei Times 02 Sep 2023
Despite commitments from major retailers to reduce clothing waste, the obstacles are significant, requiring up to 6 billion euros of investment and hundreds of recycling plants, a report said ... 1 ... Almost half the clothes donated to Moda Re are shipped for resale in African countries including Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal ... “For me, it is good.” ... .
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Spanish aid group urges halt on migrant transfer to Senegal

Anadolu Agency 29 Aug 2023
The Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) Tuesday called on Spanish authorities to immediately suspend plans to transfer 168 migrants to Senegal. A Spanish police vessel rescued last week a ship full of migrants making the dangerous journey to the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, according to police association AUGC.
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Sierra Leoneans Welcome Newest Mercy Ship, the Global Mercy® into Port of Freetown

The Galveston Daily News 24 Aug 2023
President Julius Maada Bio, Freetown has welcomed a Mercy Ships’ hospital ship, marking the sixth instance of the collaboration between Mercy Ships and the government of Sierra Leone ... ABOUT MERCY SHIPS. ... Mercy Ships was founded in 1978 and has offices in 16 countries as well as an Africa Service Center in Dakar, Senegal ... Mercy Ships ... Mercy Ships.
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Filmmaker explores connection between her family history and national Black history

San Francisco Examiner 18 Aug 2023
The man is her great-great-uncle William J French ... Ex // Top Stories ... The final film, “Encoded,” also opens with a long shot of water – the Ohio River – and traces Robinson’s journey to Senegal, ending with a shot of the underwater memorial for the Henrietta Marie, a British slave ship that sank off the Florida Straits in 1700 ... , 248 Utah St ... 23 ....
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Impact of India’s non-basmati white rice export ban – an explainer

Financial Express 02 Aug 2023
India has been the world’s largest rice exporter since the past decade, surpassing Vietnam and Thailand. It is also the second-largest producer of rice after China. Follow Us ... For instance, since India imposed a ban on broken rice exports in September last year, around 1 mt of broken rice was shipped to Indonesia, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, and Ethiopia ... .
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Grimaldi Con/Ro Runs Aground on Coral Reef Off Yucatan

The Maritime Executive 27 Jul 2023
The Grimaldi Lines con/ro Grande Senegal has gone aground on a reef off the Yucatan Peninsula, according to local media and AIS data. On the evening of July 20, Grande Senegal got under way from the port of Altamira, north of Tampico ... The ship's current reported draft via AIS is 27 feet.
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UNCG men's basketball team preparing for journey to Senegal, France

News & Record 27 Jul 2023
History, culture and basketball are on the itinerary for the UNC Greensboro men’s basketball team during a coming trip to Senegal and France ... They will also conduct a free youth clinic while in Senegal. As for competition, there will be two games in Senegal and one in France, UNCG head coach Mike Jones said.
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Spartans heading overseas

News & Record 27 Jul 2023
History, culture and basketball are on the itinerary for the UNC Greensboro men's basketball team during a coming trip to Senegal and France ... They will also conduct a free youth clinic while in Senegal. As for competition, there will be two games in Senegal and one in France, UNCG head coach Mike Jones said.
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Grimaldi conro ship remains aground off Mexico for several days

Tradewinds 26 Jul 2023
The 47,200-gt Grande Senegal (built 2010), a combination container ship and ro-ro operated by ...
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FAO: Rising Illegal, Unregulated Fishing Threatening Food Security in W’Africa

This Day 25 Jul 2023
Stephen-Tchicaya stated that current rates of extraction are driving several species towards extinction while jeopardising the livelihoods of local fishing communities across Senegal, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Mauritania ... We recommend that ships caught engaging in ...
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Sharp rise in exports of Russian diesel fuel announced

Russia Today 19 Jul 2023
Türkiye and Brazil emerged as the top destinations for Russian fuel cargoes, taking about half of total supplies, or 631,000 tons and 300,000 tons, respectively, according to shipping data. Among African buyers, Senegal and Morocco purchased the bulk of diesel and gasoil from ...
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Deadly EU migration policies will lead to more deaths at sea

The New Arab 14 Jul 2023
As I write, Spanish authorities are searching waters near the Canary Islands for a ship that left Senegal over a week ago carrying over 200 people ... A few days later, on 7 July, monitoring body Sea-Watch shared images of a ship carrying 250 passengers drifting near Malta.

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