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- Vol 50 No 10
- 15/05/2009
Wade dynasty
By promoting his son Karim Wade into the government of new Prime Minister Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye on 1 May, President Abdoulaye Wade has revived his project for a hereditary presidency. Until the local elections of 22 March, when the opposition swept the ...
- Vol 50 No 8
- 17/04/2009
Une affaire de famille
Voters in the local elections have turned down President Wade’s political plans for himself and his son Karim
- Vol 50 No 2
- 23/01/2009
Yom Ashura
Forgiveness and tolerance are key to Gambia and Senegal's celebration of the Islamic holy day of Yom Ashura (the tenth day of the Islamic New Year), this year on 8 January. In contrast with the self-flagellation of Middle Eastern Shiite Muslims in rememb...
- Vol 49 No 18
- 05/09/2008
The son also rises
The aged President is promoting a hereditary succession; the people would prefer affordable food
- Vol 49 No 5
- 29/02/2008
Local is national
The elections for local councils are about national issues and the opposition wants to make a point
- Vol 49 No 5
- 29/02/2008
The Wade summit
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 ...
- Vol 48 No 24
- 30/11/2007
Two crocodiles
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...
- Vol 48 No 23
- 16/11/2007
Wading in
President Abdoulaye Wade is grooming his son as his successor – and the rivals are getting jealous
- Vol 48 No 20
- 05/10/2007
Wrong number again
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 ...
- Vol 48 No 5
- 02/03/2007
Wade gets his way
After the octogenarian President's electoral victory, the speculation about his successor will start
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