The News Review:

- Best Senior Singer: Aisha Fukushima
- Angola boosts border troops to stem diamond smugglers
- Senegal Hosting 2010 Media Programme
- World exclusive: African music icon Baaba Maal’s new single
- Senegal lawmakers back vice president post
- Inside the Lines With Soccer Without Borders

Best Senior Singer: Aisha Fukushima
Whitman Pioneer
Fukushima grew up singing in musicals. She sang because she needed an after-school activity to occupy her while her parents international booking agents were busy in the music realm. After traveling around and living in various cities between Seattle and Bellevue Fukushima spent seven years in a small international school in Bellevue where she became fluent in French. At Whitman Fukushima has firmly established herself as a social ?raptivist? singing to express the grass-roots street-consciousness that can often be forgotten.

Angola boosts border troops to stem diamond smugglers
Reuters
The general who asked to remain anonymous because of the military’s secrecy laws said Angola had recently invested $13 million to increase military patrols along the Congo border and stop the flow of illegal immigrants from as far away as Senegal. "We’re talking about hundreds of men women — even pregnant women — who try to break through Angola’s border every day" he said. "The Angolan government is increasing military personnel along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop the flow of diamond smugglers. " Although strong regional allies the neighbours have been at odds over their 2000 km (1250 mile) land border. Congo has repeatedly accused Angolan troops of trespassing onto its territory.
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Senegal Hosting 2010 Media Programme
Goal.com
The programme is part of FIFA?s ‘Win in Africa with Africa’ development programme launched after South Africa was selected to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The courses will be run by the AFP Foundation the international training arm of Agence France-Presse one of the three largest global news agencies and be co-financed by the European Union. Talking about the programme FIFA president Sepp Blatter said “The FIFA World Cup using the power of football to achieve positive change in the world shall leave a lasting legacy. It is therefore a great pleasure for FIFA each time we can kick off a project of our ‘Win in Africa with Africa’ programme.

World exclusive: African music icon Baaba Maal’s new single
CNN International
Born in 1953 in Senegal into a family of fishermen the idea of becoming a musician and storyteller — or "griot" — must have felt like a far-off dream to Baaba Maal. The griot is one of the most iconic figures in Western Africa: a mixture of poet singer historian journalist and advisor. It’s a hereditary position passed down from generation to generation and is central to both the community in which Baaba Maal grew up and to Senegal. "I am not from the griot family" Maal told CNN. "I was not supposed to sing even if I had a very nice voice.

Senegal lawmakers back vice president post
AFP
The draft constitution law was passed by a majority of lawmakers said National Assembly president Mamadou Seck but no figures were provided. According to the text the vice president will be appointed and exercise powers delegated by the president but not succeed the head of state. Justice Minister Madicke Niang said the legislation is not part of a “transfer of succession” when asked by deputies if Wade’s son Karim could become president by being appointed vice president. Abdoulaye Wade appointed 40-year-old Karim to a ministry post and as an advisor at the beginning of the month reviving speculation the 82-year-old president is planning a family succession.
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Inside the Lines With Soccer Without Borders
New York Times
I want to set a good example for them. I’ve learned a lot from older people and the international guys I play with. ”Kandji has been contacted by the national teams of Senegal and Gambia but has not played internationally for either nation. Kamara has played a couple of times for Sierra Leone which was eliminated in the early rounds of World Cup qualifying in Africa. “It was a great thing to go back home and represent my country” Kamara said. “The hardest thing about coming to the U.