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Senegal
Population:	13.1 mn.
GDP:	12.9 bn.
Debt:	2.5 bn.
Overview:	Youssou N'Dour's candidacy in February's presidential is dramatic bus established opposition candidates like Macky Sall will make the best showing. President Abdoulaye Wade cannot win against a credible unity candidate in a second round.

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Found 48 articles.

Vol 41 No 12
9th June 2000

Wade makes his mark

The new Preisident juggles allies, woos French business and upsets the neighbours

Vol 41 No 8
14th April 2000

After intense and delicate bargaining to form the new government, Dakar politics became a shambles this week when Education Minister Marie-Lucienne Tissa Mbengue was dismissed after only a few days because she was not educated enough.

Vol 41 No 7
31st March 2000

Tables turned

Swept to power amid demand for change, President Wade has high expectations to meet

Vol 41 No 5
3rd March 2000

Passion for change

President Diouf faces a second round of polling and the opposition scents victory

Vol 41 No 3
4th February 2000

Positively 4th street

President Abdou Diouf's plans for a fourth term in office face two big obstacles in the 27 February elections: growing militancy and coordination among the opposition parties and France's dwindling enthusiasm for propping up African incumbents. And if thi...

Vol 40 No 21
22nd October 1999

Au secours!

Commerce Minister Khalifa Sall amazed British business audiences in Belfast, Glasgow and London by saying he wanted Senegal to be 'saved' from the influence of Paris. More conventionally, Sall, a cheerleader for President Abdou Diouf's campaign for re-ele...

Vol 40 No 16
6th August 1999

Presidential field

The arrival of a contingent of Legionnaires in the latest French troop rotation raised eyebrows in Dakar. A presidential election is due next February and the country has a history of election violence.

Vol 40 No 3
5th February 1999

Treaty testing

As regional diplomats struggled to negotiate a truce on 3 February, the French-backed peacekeeping initiative, Renforcement des Capacités Africaines en Maintien de la Paix (RECAMP), was at risk of failing its first big test. The French naval tran...

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