The aged President is promoting a hereditary succession; the people would prefer affordable food
The elections for local councils are about national issues and the opposition wants to make a point
Several varieties of uncertainty hang over the Organisation
of the Islamic Conference (OIC) before its summit meeting in Dakar
on 13-14 March. Unfinished buildings are scattered across the
city. Local employees of Air France are threatening to
strike ...
Octogenarian President Abdoulaye Wade and his 65-year-old
South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki seem to disagree
about many things, especially the African Union and the New Partnership
for African Development (NePAD). So bad are their disagreements
th...
President Abdoulaye Wade is grooming his son as his successor – and the rivals are getting jealous
Karim Wade, the son of President Abdoulaye Wade,
is the subject of complaints about the award of Senegal's third
mobile phone licence to Sudatel, whose closest competitor, Celtel
(owned by Zain of Kuwait) offered US$210 million, outbidding
Sudatel by ...
After the octogenarian President's electoral victory, the speculation about his successor will start
Turnout was high across Senegal, with early results giving the President a lead and indicating a strong showing by the formerly governing Parti Socialiste
After weeks of negotiations, many expected President Abdoulaye
Wade to announce the return of former Prime Minister Idrissa
Seck to the governing Parti Démocratique Sénégalais
and an electoral deal for the presidential elections on...
Since March, fighting has raged between rebels and troops in
Senegal's southern Casamance province, driving more than 10,000
refugees across the border. Rebel fighters crossed too: their
leader, Salif Sadio, slipped over to evade capture by Guinea Biss...
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