The News Review:

- Senegal seeks aid to finance dictator’s trial
- Baaba Maal: The voice of Africa
- Kumba still hunting iron ore in West Africa
- Business Daily Africa – the international window into East African…
- Peanut butter makes for sweet and savory dishes
- Great Mills grad is singled out

Senegal seeks aid to finance dictator’s trial
Independent nline – Jul 27, 2007
“This trial will cost a lot of money I think that it should be the international community which should see to it (the financing)” he told a joint news conference with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy. A year ago Senegal agreed to an African Union (AU) call to put Habre who is exiled in Dakar since 1991 to trial. A date has not been set yet but Senegal is under mounting pressure from regime survivors to speedily put him in the dock.

Baaba Maal: The voice of Africa
Independent – Jul 27, 2007
" While Maal’s haunting vocals infectious guitar melodies and cacophony of talking drums – as well as the riotous contortions of his dancers – are a constant there’s no such thing as a standard concert. "I really want people to see that African music can be present and part of any event on the planet" Maal says. In Senegal he’ll hop into a canoe and bump along dirt roads to delight a mud-hut village with an unscripted gig. r he’ll strut about stadiums packed with screaming youngsters in the Dakar suburbs. r he’ll regale the wealthy aristocratic ladies at the country’s national theatre pausing only for them to throw bills at his feet as is the local custom. But he can also captivate an audience with a more structured set at London’s Royal Festival Hall or at a trendy club in Paris. Whatever the arena he brings with him the same energy delight and aplomb… You have to respect yourself your rhythms. " The wait is nearly over. He is spending the days before Womad in Senegal adding some kora and balafon (a type of xylophone) to the new album’s tracks. Although he is again in the capable hands of John Leckie who has produced Radiohead and The Stone Roses Maal warns fans to expect a marked change from his 2001 album Missing You (Mi Yeewnii). That was an acoustic offering a return to the traditional sounds of Senegalese life. The song "Jamma Jenngii" had the sound of the sea lapping against the lilting vocals about "a guy and his girlfriend sitting down in the middle of the night and talking about the important things of life" as Maal describes it. The new album aims to mirror the rapid urbanisation during the first years of the 21st century as evidenced by the giant building site that is present-day Dakar.

Kumba still hunting iron ore in West Africa
Mining MX – Jul 27, 2007
“West Africa was the focus for us. We lost Faleme but we still have an interest in West Africa because it is one of the other future long-term growth platforms” CE Ras Myburgh told Miningmx. Kumba retains an office in Dakar Senegal’s capital city from where it is hunting for other projects. There are iron ore deposits in Senegal Guinea and Morocco for example. “We are exploring a few other opportunities in that region still but none have progressed to a level where we want to talk about them” Myburgh said. Kumba which had been budgeting for a single digit iron ore price increase next year is starting to think there is reason to expect a double-digit increase based on the differences between the price of delivered contract material into China and the delivered spot price Myburgh said… We lost Faleme but we still have an interest in West Africa because it is one of the other future long-term growth platforms” CE Ras Myburgh told Miningmx. Kumba retains an office in Dakar Senegal’s capital city from where it is hunting for other projects. There are iron ore deposits in Senegal Guinea and Morocco for example. “We are exploring a few other opportunities in that region still but none have progressed to a level where we want to talk about them” Myburgh said. Kumba which had been budgeting for a single digit iron ore price increase next year is starting to think there is reason to expect a double-digit increase based on the differences between the price of delivered contract material into China and the delivered spot price Myburgh said.

Business Daily Africa – the international window into East African…
Business Daily Africa – Jul 27, 2007
They may even decide to live in the houses once they come back” Mr jijo said. Another study quoted in the IMF paper say that migrant remittances to Ghana serve to smooth household consumption and welfare over time especially for food crop farmers who are typically the most disadvantaged socioeconomic group. In absolute terms Kenya Nigeria and Senegal are the largest recipients of remittances in the region. Remittances form a quarter of all exports for at least four countries on the continent. For Lesotho Cape Verde Uganda and Comoros for instance remittances have since 2000 amounted on average to more than 25 per cent of export earnings. “Remittances can also contribute to stability by lowering the probability of current accountreversals. Because they are a cheap and stable source of foreign currencies remittances arelikely to stem investor panic when international reserves are falling or external debt is rising” says the report.
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Peanut butter makes for sweet and savory dishes
go.com – Jul 27, 2007
Consider the menu at Yassa a Senegalese restaurant in the Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood. They use peanut butter in a number of stews and other dishes. “”Peanut is the main crops in Senegal. that’s where most people grew on the farm so it really makes sense for us to use it as in our dishes” said Yassa’s Madieye Gueye. ‘Maffe’ contains lamb but also potatoes and is bound together by peanut butter… that’s where most people grew on the farm so it really makes sense for us to use it as in our dishes” said Yassa’s Madieye Gueye. ‘Maffe’ contains lamb but also potatoes and is bound together by peanut butter. ‘Dakhine’ is another typical stew; loaded with tomato paste onions and some indigenous African spices. “So many people are interested in dakhine which is like a stew with lamb and peanut butter and tomato paste. We have a little netatu which is like a flavor we brought back from Senegal from back home” said Gueye.

Great Mills grad is singled out
So Md News – Jul 27, 2007
And while she waits to hear back about the scholarship Wassink will leave in a couple of weeks for a four-month study abroad program in Senegal. ‘‘The school is giving me the opportunity to do things I’ve never been able to do” she said. The only downside to the trip to Senegal is Wassink will be unable to play field hockey her senior year. She is giving up a career that saw her named as one of the team’s captains both last year and this year. And while she said it’s been tough to talk with her teammates and listen to how they are preparing for the season the team and her coach have been supportive of her decision. Even though he didn’t talk with her about the decision Weisner said that by knowing Wassink as well as he did he could imagine how tough of a decision it was for her. ‘‘That was a really hard decision for her to make” Weisner said.