The News Review:

- Senegal enlists first women foot soldiers
- Secretary-General appoints Bacre Waly Ndiaye of Senegal as Deputy…
- Group talk
- Africans Express Joy at Cardinal Appointments
- Africa is drugs hub – expert

Senegal enlists first women foot soldiers
Independent nline – Oct 25, 2007
The first recruits were registered in the northern town of Matam one army spokesperson Adama Diop told AFP. ver the next 45 days recruitment teams will be criss-crossing the west African country to scout for candidates. Witnesses said crowds of aspiring female soldiers gathered in the remote town of this predominantly conservative Muslim nation showing much interest by the veiled women to take to the combat profession. The only females in the military so far are at officer level and they began to join up 23 years ago as military doctors according to another army spokesperson Colonel usmane Sar.

Secretary-General appoints Bacre Waly Ndiaye of Senegal as Deputy…
Free with registration – M2 Presswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 25, 2007
–>CPYRIGHT 2007 M2 Communications Ltd. M2 PRESSWIRE-25 ctober 2007-UN: Secretary-General appoints Bacre Waly Ndiaye of Senegal as Deputy Special Representative for Democratic Republic of Congo(C)1994-2007 M2 CMMUNICATINS LTD RDATE:24102007 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Bacre Waly Ndiaye of Senegal as his Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Group talk
Al-Ahram Weekly – Oct 25, 2007
"We know how to handle the other three teams especially Mali and Cote d’Ivoire who are very dangerous. " Despite being paired in the same group with the defending champions and five- time champions Bissou Mahop medical officer of the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFT) believes the Indomitable Lions is still the team to beat. “We were hoping for the likes of Ghana Senegal Nigeria or Cote d’Ivoire but with these teams there is little cause to worry. Bissou said "we know the style of all the teams and will prepare for any consequences. " Kamal Shadad president of the Sudan Football Association (SFA) he said the Desert Hawks will impress after a 30-year absence. "We have been drawn against teams we have played against previously and we have a strong chance" said Shadad who disclosed that the current set-up of Sudanese team have played consistently for four years.

Africans Express Joy at Cardinal Appointments
zenit.org – Oct 25, 2007
- The Catholic president of Kenya congratulated that nation’s soon-to-be Cardinal John Njue and in Senegal a Muslim cleric who predicted the red hat for Archbishop Theodore-Adrien Sarr. Archbishops Njue of Nairobi Kenya and Sarr of Dakar Senegal are two of the 23 who will be elevated to the rank of cardinal Nov. Benedict XVI announced the appointments earlier this month. Senegal is a mostly Muslim country and according to the Catholic Information Service of Africa it was Habibou Tall a Muslim cleric who predicted publicly that Archbishop Sarr 70 would be elevated to cardinal before the end of the year. "He said he was going to pray for that to happen" the archbishop told reporters… Benedict XVI announced the appointments earlier this month. Senegal is a mostly Muslim country and according to the Catholic Information Service of Africa it was Habibou Tall a Muslim cleric who predicted publicly that Archbishop Sarr 70 would be elevated to cardinal before the end of the year. "He said he was going to pray for that to happen" the archbishop told reporters. "I know he has prayed for that to happen and I thank him for that. "Christians and Muslims alike welcomed the appointment. "There are countries where Christians are the biggest majority but a cardinal was not named there and we in small Senegal with a tiny population of Christians we got one! We are simply blessed" said Alioune Ndiaye 35 a Christian brick maker.

Africa is drugs hub – expert
news24.com – Oct 25, 2007
"Unfortunately less than one fifth of the drugs are seized" Amado Philip de Andres deputy representative of the United Nations ffice on Drugs and Crime (UNDC) in west Africa said on Thursday. Since the start of the year more than 12 tons of cocaine were seized including 8. 2 tons at sea and 3. 8 tons overland mainly in Senegal and its northern neighbour Mauritania. Intercepted nearly seven tonsThe month of ctober has broken all records but regional experts say the hauls are just a fraction of the contraband making it through the porous and impoverished region of the world. The estimated drugs pushed through the region amount to an astronomical 60 tons since January.