The News Review:

- … Soccer International Cameroon Ghana Malawi Senegal…
- African Peace Corps stint an eye-opener for Rockport woman
- New telecoms bill is the starter’s gun for liberalisation
- Third Conference of the Parties (CP-3) to the Stockholm Convention…
- Agence de Presse Africaine – Article
- Ugandan racer wins IAAF grand prix race
- Kingdom 20 IC Partners Support Global Zakah Fund

… Soccer International Cameroon Ghana Malawi Senegal…
Fifa.com – Apr 30, 2007
Volunteerism and community service particularly for youth havesince the beginning been a major asset for all nationalprojects. Target Group:Disadvantaged children aged 5-14 with particularencouragement to girls’ participation. Thematic Field(s):Children’s Rights and EducationEnvironmentHealth PromotionAntidiscrimination and Social IntegrationPeace and ReconciliationSupport in the Framework of the Football for HopeMovement:In 2007 and 2008 Football for Hope is supporting the PlaySoccer programmes currently running in Ghana South AfricaSenegal Malawi Cameroon and Zambia.

African Peace Corps stint an eye-opener for Rockport woman
Gloucester Daily Times – Apr 30, 2007
“We’re very proud of her” Sara’s mother Julie Smith said. “She talked about doing this for quite a while. “Sara Smith joined the Peace Corps and set out for Senegal in March to be a preventative health educator training community health workers on how to run preventative health lessons on issues such as nutrition malaria HIV prevention and family planning. “The goal is to create an effective health education program within the village that can continue to operate after I leave” she said in an e-mail. Smith has been training for several weeks improving her French and Wolof – a West African language widely spoken in Senegal. After training she will live in Koumpentoum a village of 8000 people until her service ends in May 2009. Her stay in Senegal has taken some adjusting… But I think it’s good. Americans are very detached from their food and don’t really think about where it comes from and I think that’s sort of sad. “Smith said Senegal has been more laid back than life in the United States. “ne is more intimately connected with life here” Smith said. “Drivers slow down to talk with bike riders next to them families eat from the same bowl neighbors stop by all day and stay for hours. “Being away from her family and friends is a big challenge for Smith. And her boyfriend is even farther away – he is a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand.

New telecoms bill is the starter’s gun for liberalisation
WW – Apr 30, 2007
The “pinch-point” is a short microwave transmission link between Gambia and Senegal. So although for example QuantumNet buys 2 megabytes per month (for US$3000 mbps per month) the shared bandwidth is rarely managed in such a way that this is what it actually gets. Fibre exists between Gambia and Senegal and Gamtel has been talking about “lighting it” for over a year but it is not yet in place. Something serious will have to be done about this problem as the Government is shortly to host an AU Summit and the one-off bandwidth required has been calculated at 45 mbps. The private sector ISPs are concerned that all this business will simply go to the incumbent and that there will be no competitive pricing or redundancy. Redundancy is a real issue as all of the country’s financial institutions have put their business with private ISP QuantumNet because the incumbent ISP was unable to offer sufficiently high levels of “up-time” on a consistent basis. With competitive pricing and alternative international gateway’s QuantumNet’s Managing Director Muhammed Jah believes that bandwidth prices will come down to US1000 per mbps per month.

Third Conference of the Parties (CP-3) to the Stockholm Convention…
iisd.ca – Apr 30, 2007
Delegates listen intently during the opening morning plenary. Delegates consulting informally at the end of the morning plenary.

Agence de Presse Africaine – Article
Agence de Presse Africaine – Apr 30, 2007
“At the technical level we are pleased that more and more top athletes have attended this meeting” said the administrative director of the Senegalese Athletics Federation (FSA) Jean Gomis who sees the 51. 73 by Amy Mbacke Thiam in the 400 m the 48. 68 by US Angelo Taylor in the 400-metre hurdles the 23. 20 by Jamaican Sheri-Ann Brooks in the 200-metre dash and the 10.

Ugandan racer wins IAAF grand prix race
People's Daily nline – Apr 30, 2007
Botswana’s Glody Dube clocked 1:47. 13 to finish third while Senegal ‘s homeboy Abdoulaye Wagne settled for fourth position with 1:47. “Clinching a medal in Beijing changed my whole outlook on training and competing. I am far more committed and I hope that this is the start of a great year that will see me win medals starting with the All Africa Games” Chepkirwok was quoted by the Daily Monitor as saying… “Clinching a medal in Beijing changed my whole outlook on training and competing. I am far more committed and I hope that this is the start of a great year that will see me win medals starting with the All Africa Games” Chepkirwok was quoted by the Daily Monitor as saying. Chepkirwok left Senegal with 10 points which would work to his advantage at the June 2 IAAF New York Grand Prix another leg of the IAAF World Athletics Tour. The 18-year-old runner has now booked a place at the All Africa Games due July in Algiers.

Kingdom 20 IC Partners Support Global Zakah Fund
Arab News – Apr 30, 2007
“We have received tremendous support and encouragement for the project from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah as well as Islamic scholars in different countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt” said Saleh Kamel chairman of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI). He said measures have been taken to establish an international Zakah commission to streamline the collection and distribution of Zakah which is one of the five pillars of Islam. “We have signed agreements with Mauritania Senegal and Malaysia to establish the commission” said Kamel a prominent businessman. There are more than 20000 societies and agencies that are currently involved in the collection and distribution of Zakah in different parts of the Islamic world. The new fund will have offices in all Muslim countries as well as in others that have significant numbers of Muslims the ICCI chief said. Kamel said the fund would carry out its activities in a transparent manner. “It will collect both Zakah Al-Fitr and Zakah Al-Mal (wealth) and the funds will be distributed under the supervision of the commission” he explained.