St Louis, Senegal  - Thioubalo rattles away at the door. Behind it come the sounds of running water and noisy children.

The 12-year-old shouts something, and you don't have to be fluent in Wolof - most common language in the West African state of Senegal - to realise that Thioubalo finally wants his turn under the shower at the Maison d'Ecoute in the heart of the old town of St Louis.

He needs to get cleaned up. His feet and his straggly arms are dust-caked, his worn-out clothes dirty.

The door opens and 12-year-old Thierno and seven-year-old Amadou emerge and jump down the steps past Thioubalo, who quickly nips into the shower. The two boys' clothes are hanging out to dry in the courtyard.

Paris/Dakar/Conakry, Guinea  - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade Friday called for the international community to support the military junta that has seized power in the west African nation of Guinea.

Wade, who was in Paris, warned against intervention by foreign powers in the internal affairs of Guinea, Senegal's neighbour to the south, Senegalese media reported.

Wade, who spoke to reporters at the residence of the Senegalese ambassador in Paris, asked the European Union, France and the World Bank to support the junta.

Dakar (Senegal), Mar 15: The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has adopted a new charter that calls for a "jihad of peace" to spark off an Islamic renaissance.