Vol 58 No 10 | SENEGAL Majors push out the minnows 12th May 2017 Big oil has moved in on Senegal's nascent gas sector, shouldering smaller players like Timis aside, albeit greatly to his profit Rapid manoeuvring by some of the world's largest oil producers to take advantage of Senegal's resource boom appears to have removed maverick businessman Vasile Frank Timis, the self-styled...
Vol 58 No 9 | SENEGAL Macky challenger gaoled 27th April 2017 Dakar's Mayor Khalifa Sall is in prison only because President Macky Sall fears his growing challenge to his power, say his supporters. The President's far more charismatic namesake...
Vol 58 No 7 | SENEGAL Timis takes shine off boom 31st March 2017 New oil and gas discoveries off Senegal's coast have seen oil majors circling as Frank Timis maintains an interest The involvement of the maverick businessman Vasile Frank Timis in Senegal's oil industry and his cosy relationship with President Macky Sall's government has attracted renewed interest from international...
Vol 57 No 14 | SENEGAL Mercy and Machiavelli 8th July 2016 Pardoning Karim Wade weakens Macky Sall's political reform programme. But he has other aims, and other opponents The release on 24 June of Karim Wade, son of the previous President, immediately stirred suspicion that President Macky Sall had one eye on next year's elections. Karim,...
Vol 57 No 12 | CHADSENEGAL Not the court of Africa 10th June 2016 The President is proud of Senegal's role in hosting the Habré trial but does not want to set a precedent Following the landmark trial in Dakar of Chadian former dictator Hissène Habré, President Macky Sall has played down suggestions that Senegal should now become the permanent home of...
Vol 57 No 1 | SENEGAL Sall tries to look strong 8th January 2016 Despite the success of some development projects, politics is stagnant and the economy still refuses to spring to life On being elected in 2012, President Macky Sall promised to reduce the presidential term from seven to five years. His predecessor, Abdoulaye Wade, had said he would make...
Vol 56 No 18 | SENEGAL Timis under scrutiny 10th September 2015 The USA may be stepping into the controversy over a mining tycoon and a presidential brother The operations of entrepreneur Vasile Frank Timis in Senegal have come under scrutiny from the United States Department of Justice, Africa Confidential has learned. US federal prosecutors are...
Vol 56 No 15 | SENEGAL Sall and the separatists 23rd July 2015 Casamance has long been one of the government’s worst headaches. A new approach promises change President Macky Sall prides himself on his regional profile and holds the presidency of the Economic Community of West African States to prove it. The antithesis of the grandstanding...
Vol 56 No 11 | SENEGAL Students of separatism 29th May 2015 Student protests at inadequate facilities are reminding many of the long-running and still unresolved campaign for Casamance's independence from Senegal. The University of Assane Seck, in Ziguinchor, was...
Vol 56 No 8 | SENEGAL Passport to penury 17th April 2015 Senegal's visa requirement, in force since 1 July 2013, will end on 1 May, President Macky Sall announced at the 4 April Independence celebrations. It may be a...