The News Review:

- Senegal: As Protests Swell ‘Self Sufficiency’ Plan is…
- Senegal: Singing to a Political Beat
- Senegal: Two Sports Journalists Wounded in Armed Ambush
- African goals in Europe: 26-27 Apr
- Food crisis hits local supermarkets
- Next wave of billionaires will come from the East

Senegal: As Protests Swell ‘Self Sufficiency’ Plan is…
AllAfrica.com – Apr 28, 2008
The government has touted a "self-sufficiency" rice growing campaign as its answer to people’s problems but experts say the scheme is flawed. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );"[The government] has not set out a credible vision for agricultural and rural development. Their vision is not one that will really help develop the rural economy" Jacques Faye ex-director of the agronomy research institute of Senegal told IRIN. In the latest show of public concern about rising food and fuel prices around 1000 protestors marched in Dakar on 26 April some carrying signs reading "we are hungry".

Senegal: Singing to a Political Beat
AllAfrica.com – Apr 28, 2008
The Senegalese man’s status as his continent’s most lucrative cultural export was underscored in 2005 when he was the only African to appear at the main Live8 concert in London’s Hyde Park an event that attracted several billion TV viewers according to its organisers. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );As well as delighting audiences with his ebullient live performances N’Dour regularly lobbies world leaders urging them to show greater resolve in tackling African poverty. At last year’s Group of Eight (G8) summit in Heiligendamm Germany he joined Irish rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof in protesting at how pledges made by top industrialised countries to increase development aid are not being honoured. A goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) he has been especially eager to see international efforts to combat malaria intensified.

Senegal: Two Sports Journalists Wounded in Armed Ambush
AllAfrica.com – Apr 28, 2008
The journalists were robbed of their money computers cameras and mobile phones and two of them employed by the Sunu Lamb sports daily were shot and wounded. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Reporters Without Borders defends imprisoned journalists and press freedom throughout the world. It has nine national sections (Austria Belgium Canada France Germany Italy Spain Sweden and Switzerland). It has representatives in Bangkok London New York Tokyo and Washington.

African goals in Europe: 26-27 Apr
BBC News – Apr 28, 2008
Kamara started the comeback with a second-half strike before a Danny Murphy penalty made it 2-2. Kamara’s second goal of the game means Fulham remain three points adrift of safety but have two winnable games to come – at home to fellow strugglers Birmingham and Portsmouth. Nigeria defender Jospeh Yobo scored a rare goal for his Everton who were held to a 2-2 draw by Aston Villa. The result leaves Everton still three points clear of Villa in fifth spot which guarantees the last Uefa Cup place.
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Food crisis hits local supermarkets
Jerusalem Post – Apr 28, 2008
“There are no alternatives. Still the crunch is not having the effect seen in some of the world’s poorest countries. For the past months riots have been breaking out in countries from Egypt to African Senegal to the Phillipines. Finkelstein attributed the price increase which he said was part of the global food crisis to four major factors. “China and India are growing major middle-class sectors and as vast numbers of people in these and other developing nations are becoming more wealthy they are consuming more meat and less grain. Since the stocks needed to feed livestock are vastly greater than the caloric output (one estimate has 700 calories of feed to produce 100 calories of beef) the total grain consumption in these countries is growing tremendously” said Finkelstein. Meanwhile the areas used for agriculture in these countries are being depleted with growing cities and industrial areas taking up more and more of the land.

Next wave of billionaires will come from the East
Telegraph.co.uk – Apr 28, 2008
The World Bank now warns that the soaring cost of rice maize and other staples may lead to “social unrest” in at least 33 countries. And all the while this food-price spike is haunted by the spectre of starvation – and a genuine humanitarian crisis. But as oil prices climbed last week and “soft commodities” followed the penny dropped among international investors that the impact of sky-high food costs may not be limited to faraway places. While more expensive food aggravates broader price pressures in the West across Asia – where it accounts for a much larger share of average incomes – the inflationary fall-out could be huge.