- Vol 51 No 9
- 30th April 2010
An enormous statue and some airbrushed history were President Wade’s tributes to 50 years of nationhood
- Vol 51 No 9
- 30th April 2010
A mining company in which the British government is the biggest shareholder is using Mauritius-registered front companies to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes on its mineral operations in Senegal and violating its own investment code. The CDC, for...
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15th May 2009
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
- 17th April 2009
Voters in the local elections have turned down President Wade’s political plans for himself and his son Karim
- Vol 50 No 2
- 23rd January 2009
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 remembr...
- Vol 49 No 18
- 5th September 2008
The aged President is promoting a hereditary succession; the people would prefer affordable food
- Vol 49 No 5
- 29th February 2008
The elections for local councils are about national issues and the opposition wants to make a point
- Vol 49 No 5
- 29th February 2008
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 on t...
- Vol 48 No 24
- 30th November 2007
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 that a...
- Vol 48 No 23
- 16th November 2007
President Abdoulaye Wade is grooming his son as his successor – and the rivals are getting jealous