The News Review:
- Diouf confirms Senegal U-turn
- Senegal government takes major stake in its flag carrier
- A Nigerian Leader Plunges From Milestone to Scandal
- UN opens headquarters in Darfur for joint UN-AU mission
- Walter Smith calm despite Ibrox inconsistency
Diouf confirms Senegal U-turn
BBC News – Oct 31, 2007
The 26-year-old’s anticipated return to the Teranga Lions was confirmed late on Tuesday in a signed statement. “[I am] Very sensitive to the different queries concerning my decision to suspend my activities within the national team. “I have decided – with humility – to rejoin the national team of my country which I love deeply” the forward said. Diouf declared he was quitting Senegal earlier this month although he later denied – unconvincingly – that he had resigned from the Teranga Lions. “Diouf is coming back – and this is very good” Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) vice-president Cher Seck confirmed to BBC Sport on Wednesday.
Senegal government takes major stake in its flag carrier
Turkish Press – Oct 31, 2007
“(With) the management support by RAM having shown its limitations Senegal has decided to re-take Air Senegal International” the transport ministry said in a statement after the company suffered a 19 million euro (27. 4 million dollar) loss in 2006. “Re-capitalisation of the company will only be assured by Senegal” with a new share distribution in which “Morocco would hold 25 percent and Senegal 75″ it said. The new shareholding structure takes effect on November 5.
A Nigerian Leader Plunges From Milestone to Scandal
New York Times – Oct 31, 2007
30 — It is hard to say when precisely Patricia. Etteh the speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives a former beautician who became the fourth highest official in Africa’s most populous nation this year fell definitively from grace. Perhaps it was when her detractors first accused her of spending $5 million to renovate the offices and official residences for her and her deputy as well as ordering a fleet of a dozen cars. r perhaps it was the $780000 worth of massage machines she was accused of requisitioning a charge she rebutted by saying she would not have made such a request when six massage machines were already clogging the storage halls in the House building gathering dust according to Nigerian newspaper accounts. The final blow for Ms.
UN opens headquarters in Darfur for joint UN-AU mission
International Herald Tribune – Oct 31, 2007
-AU force in Darfur will comprise more than 19000 military personnel 6000 police officers and 5500 civil personnel. The troop-contributing countries include Burkina Faso Egypt Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Kenya Malawi Mali Nigeria Senegal Bangladesh Jordan Nepal and Thailand. The joint force will replace a beleaguered 7000-member AU force that has been unable to stop Darfur's bloodshed. Sudan agreed to the deployment of the joint force after months of international pressure and painstaking negotiations which ended with a pledge that it would be predominantly African. The Darfur conflict began when ethnic African rebels took up arms against the Arab-dominated Sudanese government accusing it of decades of neglect. Sudan's government is accused of retaliating by unleashing a militia of Arab nomads known as the janjaweed — a charge it denies.
Walter Smith calm despite Ibrox inconsistency
Times nline – Oct 31, 2007
I know I have been unfair to some players. ”Smith cited Amdy Faye the mid-field man who has played just twice sincejoining on loan from Charlton Athletic in August. The Senegal player isunlikely to play tonight. “It will be a difficult game a proper cup tie” Smith said. “Motherwell havestarted very well and Mark McGhee has brought a freshness to the club. ”McGhee’s side eliminated Hibernian the holders in the last round with astunning 4-2 victory at Easter Road. “If we play as well as we can and wecompete and concentrate as well as we did in our league game at home toRangers it will be a hell of a cup tie” the Motherwell manager said.