The News Review:

- Inside the Lines With Soccer Without Borders
- World exclusive: African music icon Baaba Maal’s new single
- Senegal lawmakers back vice president post

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.

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.
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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.