Senegal Beggars Banned

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Senegal Beggars Banned
In this Aug. 31, 2010 photo, Quranic student Abdou Badiane wears a sticker of Baye Niass, leader of one of Senegal's Muslim brotherhoods, as he rests in the unfinished first story of a building which serves as both classroom and living space for his Quranic school in the Fadia neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal. Senegal's government announced last week that it was stepping up its campaign against begging in the streets of the West African nation, where tens of thousands of Quranic students wander barefoot and swarm cars for change. Scattered police sweeps have reduced the number of street beggars, but many have no choice but to defy the ban. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)