The News Review:
- Black Stars Take n Senegal Aug. 21
- Agence de Presse Africaine – Article
- Last stop in US first lady’s tour of Africa
- The woes and hopes of the Ghanaian music industry
Black Stars Take n Senegal Aug. 21
Ghanaian Times – Jun 30, 2007
21 Black Stars Take n Senegal Aug. 21 Written by ur Reporter Saturday 30 June 2007Ghana’s Black Stars will play their Senegalese counterparts in an international friendly match in London on August 21. Ghana’s national coach Claude Roy who also coached the Lions of Senegal confirmed the game will come on as planned. "We wanted to play against a good African team. And Senegal forms part of the 3 or 4 better teams at the moment. We already played against Nigeria.
Agence de Presse Africaine – Article
Agence de Presse Africaine – Jun 30, 2007
According to him “all measures were taken to facilitate the return of our countrymen to their country. I am urging all Mauritanians to get mobilized in order to welcome as warmly and brotherly as possible our fellow country men and women in solidarity”. Mauritania has experienced in the 1980s and after under the regime of Maouya uld Taya a series of political events the most dramatic of which were the intercommunity killings that pitted people living along the two banks of the Senegal River which is the natural frontier with Senegal southward. The Senegalese-Mauritanian events had in April 1989 claimed hundreds of lives and caused the deportation of thousands of black Mauritanians that sought refuge in Senegal and Mali. What human rights activists called “humanitarian abuses” has for the first time gained prime importance in the message of Sidi Mohamed uld Cheikh Abadallahi.
Last stop in US first lady’s tour of Africa
Mail & Guardian nline – Jun 30, 2007
After Jenna Bush offered presents to the students. The larger focus of Bush’s tour was Aids. In Senegal she picked vegetables and handed out mosquito nets to emphasise that fighting Aids in Africa also means tackling other widespread afflictions in Africa such as malnutrition and malaria. In Mozambique she announced a new $507-million aid package to fight the disease while in Zambia she visited churches to speak about the importance of abstinence as well as the role of faith in healing.
The woes and hopes of the Ghanaian music industry
Ghana Dot – Jun 30, 2007
John Collins of the School of Performing Arts University of Ghana stated in one of his publications about the Ghanaian music industry pointed out that Ghana has the potential of earning at least US$53 million every year from the World Music Market if the necessary structures are put in place to access existing long term financing in the international community. For instance I wonder how many Ghanaian musicians are aware that the World Bank in collaborations with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in year 2000 mapped out an initiative that resulted in the World Bank setting aside some of its US$300million for culture to specifically support the music industry in six selected African countries including Ghana. ther countries selected include Senegal Mali and Benin. Senegal is reported to have accessed their share of the fund already. Seven years down the line not much has been done in Ghana to access the World Bank’s waiting assistance for the Ghanaian Music industry. Meanwhile the world class giants in the industry are keenly waiting to see the structures put in place locally to give them some assurance that when they invest in highlife and hiplife music they would not be throwing their moneys into the pockets of some bad copyright administrators pirates and some payola conscious radio presenters. The support from BUSAC could not have come in a better time that this.