The News Review:

- Chinese ambassador in Senegal receives honorary doctorate
- Senegal faces unprecedented social unrest
- IMF approves $75.6 mln in anti-crisis support to Senegal
- IMF Approves $76 Million Aid for Senegal to Combat High Prices
- France says new Africa auto rally is dangerous
- Senegal’s Main pposition Parties Form Coalition AFP Reports
- Italy-organised cycling tour to go through Mali Senegal in 2009

Chinese ambassador in Senegal receives honorary doctorate
Xinhua China 
21 (Xinhua) — Chinese Ambassador in Senegal Lu Shaye received honorary doctorate from the School of International Affairs (EIA) on Saturday in the capital Dakar. At a ceremony organized by the EIA to confer the honorary title Senegalese officials expressed appreciation of the Chinese diplomat’s efforts to promote Sino-African relations in general and cooperation between China and Senegal in particular. n the occasion Lu delivered a speech titled “observe the Sino-African relations from historic multidimensional and dialectic angles” praising the mutual support between China and Africa since the epoch of the anti-colonial struggle. Lu expressed thanks to Africa for backing China on the issue of Taiwan. Editor: Yao.
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Senegal faces unprecedented social unrest
Daily Nation Kenya 
The movement born in one of the most populous suburbs of the Senegalese capital is led by the Imams supported by local community leaders and massively followed by the populations. Local mediaThe exceptional nature of the movement has prompted the local media to swiftly refer to it using politically strong concepts including ?jihad? and ?revolution?. The initiators however have made it clear that their demands are neither political nor religious.

IMF approves $75.6 mln in anti-crisis support to Senegal
Xinhua China 
21 (Xinhua) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved 75. dollars in support for Senegal against the consequences of the global financial crisis the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced on Saturday. The IMF examined the dossier of Senegal on Friday and approved the support under a program known as the Facility of Protection against External Shock according to a statement released by the ministry.

IMF Approves $76 Million Aid for Senegal to Combat High Prices
Bloomberg 
20 (Bloomberg) — The International Monetary Fundapproved a one-year $75. 6 million aid deal for Senegal to helpthe African nation offset higher food and energy prices. The approval will allow Senegal to draw about $37. 8 millionfrom the IMF immediately and an equal amount upon completion ofthe first review under an arrangement to help nations deal withexternal events that affect their budgets the IMF said in astatement. ?The Senegalese economy is facing a difficult period?.

France says new Africa auto rally is dangerous
USA Today 
Chevallier declined to provide details saying he hoped the itinerary would be amended to take into account the ministry’s concerns. No starting point for Auriol’s alternate version of the Dakar Rally has been named but he said in May that it would start in the winter of 2008-2009 from “a major European city on the Mediterranean” and would last 15 to 17 days. The race would cross Morocco Mauritania and Senegal where it would wind up like its famous predecessor in Senegal’s seaside capital Dakar. Like the Dakar Rally it would also include racers on motorbike and trucks. The Dakar Rally was canceled in January for the first time in its 30-year history because of security fears sparked after suspected al-Qaida-linked militants killed a family of French tourists on Dec. 24 in the desert nation of Mauritania. Eight of the 15 stages were to have passed through the northwest African nation.

Senegal’s Main pposition Parties Form Coalition AFP Reports
Bloomberg 
17 (Bloomberg) — Senegal?s main opposition partieshave formed a coalition to contest local elections in MarchAgence France-Presse reported citing a statement by the group. The coalition Siggil Senegal Front is made up of 20political groups that boycotted the 2007 legislative electionsalleging fraud in a presidential vote that returned President. To contact the reporter on this story:.

Italy-organised cycling tour to go through Mali Senegal in 2009
Le Mali en ligne Mali 
The race called “silent turn of solidarity” is organised by the Italian Union Sport For All (UISPT) in collaboration with Bicyclettes of Italy in Africa the NG “Peace Games” the Cyclist Federation and the lympic and Sporting National Committee of Mali. The race will serve as a tonic for the development of cycling in Mali and Senegal and will be punctuated by solidarity actions in the localities to be crossed by the caravan. “It is much more about solidarity work through sports than sporting event” explained a member of the UISPT Massimo Tossini. The project was born from the will of the organisers to use “sports for all” “a messenger of solidarity and co-operation between people”.