The News Review:

- Senegal polls deliver blow to president and son
- Mamadou Niang Finally Called Up Again For Senegal
- * Exploring for more viable gold deposits in Senegal

Senegal polls deliver blow to president and son
Reuters
Incomplete results from Sunday’s election on local media showed Wade’s ruling SPI coalition lost control of the council in the capital Dakar and other key cities in the West African country such as St Louis and Louga. The elections were widely seen as a referendum on the 82-year-old Wade’s government and widespread expectation that his son Karim will stand when his father’s second and final term ends in 2012. Senegal has long been seen as a rare democracy in the region but Wade’s critics say his rule has been increasingly authoritarian. Meanwhile social pressures have increased due to rising prices and the global economic slowdown. Wade’s son already a presidential adviser and head of a powerful state agency was almost guaranteed his first elected position as a member of Dakar council but without a majority the ruling coalition’s influence will be limited. The partial results indicated the opposition coalition Benno Siggil Senegaal (United to put right Senegal) would win enough seats to be able to name the capital’s mayor. "The Senegalese have rejected the policy pursued until now by the presidential camp" said Benno Siggil Senegaal spokesman Serigne Mbaye Thiam.

Mamadou Niang Finally Called Up Again For Senegal
Goal.com
National director of football Amsatta Fall declared in the local press that he wouldn?t be calling up Niang for international duty this soon in order to keep his relationship with M good and let the one-time skipper rest. But the veteran coach has called Niang to face man and Iran this Saturday (March 28) and next Wednesday (April 1) in friendly encounters because Senegal are already eliminated from World Cup qualifying. Niang – now Senegal?s only bankable star – has also apparently been requested by mani federation who will handsomely pay for the Senegalese team?s troubles. The new Senegalese team will have 12 new Lions.

* Exploring for more viable gold deposits in Senegal
guardian.co.uk
The firm expects to produce 160000 ounces of gold at itsSabodala mine this year output which would be worth $152million at current prices of around $950 per ounce on worldmarkets. Some production is hedged at $846 per ounce ManagingDirector Jeffrey Williams told Reuters at the mine about 800 km(500 miles) southeast of the seaside capital Dakar. High prices and a strong outlook for gold one of the mainbeneficiaries of investors’ search for safe assets areencouraging miners across the world to look for deposits. Costs of production at Sabodala are around $450 per ounceWilliams said.
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