The News Review:

- Kaniki to miss Senegal match
- Gum Arabic: Sudan’s Miracle Commodity
- TCI Stamps Provides Ink for African Election
- The big question: How do we tackle the crisis over migrants desperate…

Kaniki to miss Senegal match
IPPmedia – May 29, 2007
The Brazilian tactician said yesterday that Kaniki got a groin injury when Taifa Stars played a friendly match against Uganda Cranes last Saturday at the Nakivubo Stadium in Kampala. He said the player who also turns for Simba got injured in the first half in the game which ended 1-1. He was replaced by Said Maulid. He said Kaniki has never been able to train with the team since they returned home on Sunday.

Gum Arabic: Sudan’s Miracle Commodity
NPR – May 29, 2007
In the days of the Egyptian Pharaohs gum arabic was essential to mummification and since Biblical times it has been used to maintain the integrity of paints. It can also soothe a worried belly diarrhea and constipation and it’s a key ingredient in soft drinks. Gum arabic is sap from the branches of Acacia Senegal trees. It’s a natural emulsifier which means that it can keep together substances which normally would not mix well. Pharmaceutical companies use it to keep medicines from separating into their different ingredients and a dab of gum arabic makes newspaper ink more cohesive and permanent. Sudan’s Miracle CommodityThe Acacia Senegal tree grows all over Africa and even on the Indian subcontinent. Most of the world’s gum arabic however comes from Sudan where a thick belt of Acacia Senegal trees stretches from one end of Sudan to the other… In the days of the Egyptian Pharaohs gum arabic was essential to mummification and since Biblical times it has been used to maintain the integrity of paints. It can also soothe a worried belly diarrhea and constipation and it’s a key ingredient in soft drinks. Gum arabic is sap from the branches of Acacia Senegal trees. It’s a natural emulsifier which means that it can keep together substances which normally would not mix well. Pharmaceutical companies use it to keep medicines from separating into their different ingredients and a dab of gum arabic makes newspaper ink more cohesive and permanent. Sudan’s Miracle CommodityThe Acacia Senegal tree grows all over Africa and even on the Indian subcontinent. Most of the world’s gum arabic however comes from Sudan where a thick belt of Acacia Senegal trees stretches from one end of Sudan to the other.

TCI Stamps Provides Ink for African Election
ccnmatthews.com – May 29, 2007
“TCI in a small way is helping to bring fair democratic elections to underdeveloped countries like Senegal ” Houle commented. The Senegalese government had used a French supplier of election ink for the Presidential Elections in February of 2007 but quality problems led to the order from TCI for the Legislative Elections in June. “We have provided this ink to Senegal for elections in the past and our quality is the best in the world” Houle stated. TCI stamps is a leading manufacturer of marking devices such as self-inking rubber stamps pads and specialty inks for various types of industries. For more information please contactTCI Stamps InternationalWayne Houleffice: (519) 836-3096 ext 271Website:.

The big question: How do we tackle the crisis over migrants desperate…
Independent – May 29, 2007
Now it’s the seas around southern Europe that are the focus of desperate activity with more than 31000 migrants landing on the Spanish-owned Canary islands off the west African coast last year – six times as many as in 2005. Bizarre pictures of the emaciated new arrivals collapsing on beaches full of Western tourists symbolised the meeting of the two worlds. Almost all had been packed into wooden fishing boats that began their journey in west African nations such as Senegal or Mauritania some 10 days earlier. The authorities had been encouraged by a fall in the numbers heading for the Canaries this year. But at least 800 took advantage of warm weather and calm seas to land in a five-day period earlier this month. Ceuta and Melilla Spanish enclaves in North Africa inevitably also act as a magnet to young men who often cross the Sahara to reach them. Huge fences have been erected around them and patrols set up to catch entrants.