The News Review:

- African Union: Press Senegal on Habré Trial
- Fourth-graders send donations to Senegal
- Ndiss Kaba Badji – Senegal’s sportsman of the year
- Senegal is Iran’s trade gateway to West Africa: commerce minister
- Freshman Sene finds role as defensive specialist for team
- LEVEL Vision Electronics Elects René Arbic to Its Board of Directors
- New international fibre entrants prepare for competition

African Union: Press Senegal on Habré Trial
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The AU?s credibility is on the line. Both Senegal and the AU have just stalled and stalled. "Dobian Assingar of the FIDH who is also honorary president of the Chadian League for Human Rights. (Addis Ababa) ? More than 30 months after it asked Senegal to prosecute the former dictator of Chad Hissène Habré the African Union should ensure that the trial moves forward five African and international human rights groups said today. African heads of state will come together in Addis on Sunday February 1 for an AU summit. At a summit meeting on July 2 2006 the AU mandated Senegal ?to prosecute and ensure that Hissène Habré is tried on behalf of Africa? and called on the AU Commission ?to provide Senegal with the necessary assistance for the effective conduct of the trial.

Fourth-graders send donations to Senegal
Indianapolis Star United States 
50 that was used to purchase more. The clothes will be sent to Dakar the capital of the West African nation of Senegal. The clothing will join donated computers from a North Central High School program called Wings for West Africa that provides technology to schools. “We did this not for winning a prize” said Jennifer Tiscareno 10. “We did this because it was the right thing to do.

Ndiss Kaba Badji – Senegal’s sportsman of the year
International Association of Athletics Foundation Monaco 
Ndiss Kaba Badji who was sixth in the lympics at the Long Jump and earlier in the year won the African title at the Triple Jump will receive the prestigious ?Lion d?r? which is awarded each year by the Newspaper “Le Soleil”. He will receive the distinction at an official gala dinner which will be attended by the head of state. The Senegalese sports press has also elected Ndiss Kaba Badji as their sportsman of 2008. umar Ba for the IAAF.

Senegal is Iran’s trade gateway to West Africa: commerce minister
Tehran Times Iran 
In a meeting with Senegalese Commerce Minister Mamadou Diop in Tehran on Saturday Mirkazemi said that thanks to its strategic situation Senegal can be a venue for the supply of Iranian-made products to the western African markets. ?Iran has exported over $100 million worth of commodities as well as technical and engineering services to Senegal in the current (Iranian calendar) year specially in the fields of energy and car manufacturing? he added according to the Mehr News Agency. The Iranian minister referred to implementation of trade and customs agreements supporting mutual investment expansion of air and sea cooperation as well as setting up joint banks and exhibitions as essential for the expansion of bilateral economic ties. The Senegalese official said his country welcomes further cooperation with Iran in the fields of higher education agriculture and pharmaceuticals.

Freshman Sene finds role as defensive specialist for team
University of Virginia The Cavalier Daily VA 
Senior center Tunji Soroye had 37 blocks during the 2005-06 season but has since faded and last season 6-foot-5 senior forward Mamadi Diane led the Cavaliers with 22. It seems Leitao has finally found the defensive menace he has been seeking in 7-foot freshman center Assane Sene. The native from Saint-Louis Senegal already has 24 blocks this season. Should he keep his current pace Sene will finish with about 40 blocks not including postseason play. “He’s a high high motor-guy” Leitao said. From preseason practice both Leitao and team members praised Sene for his energy and activity on both ends of the court. That is why Leitao said Sene earned his first start Nov.
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LEVEL Vision Electronics Elects René Arbic to Its Board of Directors
CNNMoney.com 
ValtechCommunications Inc. is a telecommunications company offering “triple play”– a telephony Internet and IPTV distributor. In 2004 he founded andserved as General Manager of C. Longueuil a renewable energyconsultant with operations in Senegal Algeria Comoros and Madagascar.
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New international fibre entrants prepare for competition
The Guardian – Nigeria Nigeria 
West Africa has only really got three international bandwidth markets of any size: Ghana Nigeria and Senegal. Whoever wins significant share in at least two of these markets has perhaps the making of a business plan. With the arrival of Expresso in Senegal then perhaps Sonatel will lose 10-30 per cent of its share. All the other West African country markets are relatively small and getting traffic from them is intricately entwined with attitudes to competition and geographic position. In order of their likelihood and operational start date the following players are in the game of poker: Globacom: Nigeria’s SN Globacom has a cable that it promises will land in Lagos this year and in Accra at a slightly later date.