Soaring above the Dakar skyline, the nearly finished monument to the African Renaissance in Senegal's capital is billed as a symbol of Africa's rise from "centuries of ignorance, intolerance and ...

The nearly finished monument to the African Renaissance rises above the Dakar skyline in Senegal's capital August 19, 2009. (Finbarr O'Reilly / Courtesy Reuters) The International Monetary Fund’s 2012 ...

Increasingly in Dakar, where outdoor exercise is a way of life, the two are colliding. On any given evening, thousands of runners, wrestlers, soccer players and fitness fanatics take to the ...