The emergency shelter on Randalls Island constructed by the Adams administration was at first met with criticism. But some immigrants are praising the conditions there.
Tag: Senegal
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Deadlier Than the Titanic: A Ferry Set Out With About 1,900 Aboard. Only 64 Survived.
Tourists, vendors, babies, hundreds of university students and a soccer team from Senegal perished in a little-known ferry disaster 20 years ago. Survivors and families of victims still want justice.
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At Dakar’s Biennale, the City Itself Is the Most Colorful Canvas
The art world has descended on the Senegalese capital for its first pandemic-era biennale, the biggest art event in West Africa, where the greatest creations on view are often found just by strolling the streets.
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11 Families in Senegal Welcomed Newborns. A Fire Left Them Devastated.
Joy over the births turned to shock and grief after a blaze swept through a neonatal ward at a hospital in Senegal. “There’s nothing we can do but suffer,” said a man who lost his grandson.