The News Review:

- Senegal: ICRC distributes food and seeds in Sindian Casamance
- Kamara confident ahead of Algeria
- Africa: Sat-3 Reinforces Market Monopolies in Continent – Study
- CSTV.com: #1 in College Sports
- WEST AFRICA : How can West Africa become more food-secure?
- African Expatriates Celebrate Unity Day

Senegal: ICRC distributes food and seeds in Sindian Casamance
Reuters AlertNet – May 28, 2008
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Kamara confident ahead of Algeria
BBC News – May 28, 2008
Senegal begin their 2010 World Cup and Nations Cup campaign on Saturday in Dakar against Algeria before games against Liberia and Gambia. “It’s never easy to come here after a crisis like the Nations Cup but now there’s a new staff and a new federation the most important thing is to win matches” he told BBC Sport. The Teranga Lions failed to get past the group stage at the 2008 Nations Cup in Ghana which led to the resignation of 29 members out of 40 of the Senegal Football Federation (FSF). The crisis was eventually resolved in April when football’s world governing body Fifa recognised a normalisation committee to run the FSF. Despite the problems Kamara who plays for English Premier League side Fulham believes the Teranga Lions can bounce back.

Africa: Sat-3 Reinforces Market Monopolies in Continent – Study
AllAfrica.com – May 28, 2008
While the cost of international calls and international bandwidth has also decreased -both for SAT-3 and for the satellite alternative- this has also frustrated market expectations. • The markets for internet and international services in each of the countries have experienced an increase in the number of legal and grey market operators providing services and the ensuing competition has had a positive impact on reducing prices. • While a review of the telecom regulation and laws of countries such as Angola and Senegal gives the impression that their telecom markets are (for the most part) fully liberalised in reality this is not the case. With the exception of Senegal’s incumbent Sonatel none of the other signatories to SAT-3 studied as part of this research were privatised. These 100% government-owned entities often constitute a conflict of interest in the markets that they operate in and (usually) dominate impeding sector reforms and constituting operational bottlenecks. • In all the countries studied the SAT-3 signatory is the largest user of its capacity. In Cameroon Camtel is estimated to use approximately 50% of Cameroon’s allocated capacity which corresponds to more than 80% of all capacity used in the country.

CSTV.com: #1 in College Sports
CSTV.com – May 28, 2008
Diene is first Baylor male to receive the prestigious eight-year-old award and the second student-athlete in school history joining women’s basketball player Jessica Stratton in 2004. He is the first-ever men’s basketball student-athlete in the conference to receive the award. “Back home in Senegal we live closely and help one another I think that’s why I’m so helpful and open to other people” Diene said of receiving the award. “I love visiting hospitals and young children at schools. They are always happy to see us and it puts a smile on their face. I really enjoy that… Diene and Martincich were selected by a media panel. The Big 12′s recipients are nominated for the NCAA Sportsmanship Award. Since his arrival from Senegal Mamadou has been active in the Baylor community participating in service projects such as the Waco Independent School District’s Raise Your Game South Bosque Elementary School and the Hillcrest Professional School Health Fair. He is a member of BU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council has been selected as the 2008 Wilma Rudolph Award winner and participated in the 2006 NCAA Leadership Conference in Orlando Fla. To help minimize his expenses the seven-foot center does not own a car or cell phone so that he can send money back to Senegal to help support his family. Both of his parents died prior to his 14th birthday leaving his older sisters to raise him. He is the first member of his family to attend a university and is on track to graduate in August just three and a half years after arriving at Baylor.

WEST AFRICA : How can West Africa become more food-secure?
Reuters AlertNet – May 28, 2008
According to 2007 ODI research 11 of the 30 countries with the highest global agricultural growth rates from 1991-2005 are in West Africa and agricultural growth increased by four percent in Africa from 1981-2003 versus growth of two to three percent in southern and eastern Africa. Cereal production in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana and root and tuber production in Benin Ghana and Nigeria has increased five-fold since the 1960s. And yields have risen across the region with the exception of Senegal though at an average of one tonne per hectare they are still relatively low. The growth was fuelled by expanding cultivated areas increased yields and better labour productivity according to Wiggins. “Now we need to understand why some of these countries have done better than others so we can spread these lessons across the region” Wiggins told IRIN. “But things are now moving. ” International investment International investors are moving too.

African Expatriates Celebrate Unity Day
Arab News – May 28, 2008
“On this auspicious occasion I would like to salute the memory of the OAU’s founding fathers for the common vision they had of a unified and strong Africa” Souleymane Thiam consul general of Senegal and dean of the Group of African Consuls General told the gathering at Le Meridien Hotel. The event’s chief guest was Mohammed Ahmed Tayeb general director at the foreign affairs office in the Makkah region. “This is a momentous day which reminds all the sons and daughters of Africa that they are duty-bound to the African Continent their motherland” said Thiam. “In spite of conflicts ravaging in different parts of the continent Africa is undergoing major political and economic changes. Its economic outlook is brighter than before as it continues to sustain the growth momentum of previous years recording an overall GDP growth rate of 5.