West Africa bureau chief Rukmini Callimachi has left the Associated Press for an international assignment with The New York Times. She had been based in Dakar, Senegal since May 2011, and previously reported from the New Orleans and Portland bureaus of the AP. She joined the news service in 2003 after covering local government for The Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill.  You can catch Callimachi’s coverage on Twitter.

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