Vol 48 No 24 | SENEGALSOUTH AFRICA Two crocodiles 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...
Vol 48 No 23 | SENEGAL Wading in 16th November 2007 President Abdoulaye Wade is grooming his son as his successor – and the rivals are getting jealous The octogenarian President has just begun his second five-year term and ambitious politicians in Dakar are already worrying about the succession, due in 2012. They have two main...
Vol 48 No 20 | SENEGALSUDAN Wrong number again 5th October 2007 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...
Vol 48 No 5 | SENEGAL Wade gets his way 2nd March 2007 After the octogenarian President's electoral victory, the speculation about his successor will start Two days after the 25 February election, President Abdoulaye Wade's supporters were celebrating noisily in Dakar's Place d'Indépendence and claiming victory. By 28 February, with most votes counted...
Vol 48 No 4 | SENEGAL Senegal Elections 2007 16th February 2007 Turnout was high across Senegal, with early results giving the President a lead and indicating a strong showing by the formerly governing Parti Socialiste Voting was colourful in the city of Thies, 70 km to the east of Dakar and Senegal's second most populous city. Men and women, young and old, turned...
Vol 48 No 3 | SENEGAL No deal for Seck 2nd February 2007 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...
Vol 47 No 25 | GAMBIASENEGAL Crossing the river 15th December 2006 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,...
Vol 46 No 15 | SENEGAL Sopi and Seck 22nd July 2005 Wade's winning slogan was 'Sopi' (change); now he faces the same demand from his old rival Accusations that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck is 'threatening state security' are heating up politics in the lead up to next May's parliamentary elections. Seen as a potential...
Vol 45 No 13 | SENEGAL Too much sopi 25th June 2004 Though President Wade is criticised for his frequent changes, Senegal is seen as a bastion of stability After waiting all his life to be president, Abdoulaye Wade is making up for lost time (AC Vol 43 No 9). Since his triumphant defeat of Abdou Diouf...
Vol 44 No 2 | SENEGAL Rallying round 24th January 2003 Sindiély Wade, daughter of President Abdoulaye Wade, chose to compete in the Paris-Dakar rally the one year the rally came nowhere near the Senegalese capital. Part of Nissan's...