The News Review:

- SENEGAL: Can “green charcoal” help save the trees?
- SA athletes second in Senegal
- Malaria morbidity decreases in Senegal
- Gambia: Government Refutes Walfajr Allegation

SENEGAL: Can “green charcoal” help save the trees?
IRINnews.org
Given that Senegal?s trees are disappearing finding viable alternatives is a must a Ministry of Energy official says. At least half of Senegal?s 13 million people rely on wood and charcoal for household fuel while 40 percent relying on petrol products like butane gas the ministry says. ?You need to cut down 5kg of wood to produce only 1kg of [conventional] charcoal? said Ibrahima Niang alternative household energies specialist at the Energy Ministry. ?Less than 30 years ago charcoal consumed in [the capital] Dakar came from 70km away from the Thiès region.
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SA athletes second in Senegal
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Malaria morbidity decreases in Senegal
Le Mali en ligne
25 per cent in 2007 to 5. 62 per cent in 2008 according to the country’s National Malaria Control Programme (PNLP). However a PNLP statement released to PANA on Sunday said the disease remained one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the country. Meanwhile in certain localities such as Thienaba in the Khodjent district 80k meast of Dakar as well as in Panda in the southeastern district of Koumpentoum not a single case of malaria has been reported this year.

Gambia: Government Refutes Walfajr Allegation
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Privately owned Senegalese media institution Wal Fadjr alleged that members of the Gambia Armed Forces illegally entered and operated in Senegal. A press release from the Department of State for Foreign Affairs however states that: “The government of the Republic of The Gambia firmly and strongly condemns and refutes without hesitation such an unwarranted allegation. Relevant LinksWest AfricaArms and Military AffairsConflict Peace and SecurityGambiaLegal and Judicial AffairsThe release went on to highlight that in the face of “such repeated unethical and unprofessional conduct by Wal Fadjr the government of The Gambia wishes to express its continued commitment and willingness to uphold and strengthen the bonds of friendly relations that exist between the brotherly peoples of the Republic of The Gambia and Senegal on the basis of mutual respect of each other’s sovereignty independence and territorial integrity. “It is in light of this spirit” the release added “that the government of the Republic of The Gambia would like to call on the Senegambian media in general and Wal Fadjr in particular to desist from such acts and urge them to support the propagation of the culture of peaceful coexistence amity and stability which has been positively ingrained in the Senegambia region.