Vol 51 No 21 | SENEGAL Super-Minister Wade 22nd October 2010 President Abdoulaye Wade’s son, Karim Wade, already holds the Senegalese government’s most senior position, as what the Dakar press calls ‘Super-minister’ in charge of International Cooperation, Air Transport...
Vol 51 No 15 | SENEGAL He’s old but he’s running 23rd July 2010 President Wade is set to take the presidency again but his favourite son is not sure to follow At 84 and still looking chipper, President Abdoulaye Wade plans to run for the presidency again in 2012. His advisors insist he is full of ideas and enthusiasm...
Vol 51 No 15 | SENEGAL Wade’s one-man band 23rd July 2010 Power is concentrated in the hands of President Abdoulaye Wade; development strategy is led by his son, Karim Wade. There are 41 ministers (plus a new Vice-Premier, a...
Vol 51 No 15 | SENEGAL Karim the successor 23rd July 2010 The presidential succession of Karim Wade is far from a fait accompli, not least because his father, Abdoulaye Wade, does not yet want to step down. One French...
Vol 51 No 9 | SENEGAL Fifty years on, forget the first forty 30th April 2010 An enormous statue and some airbrushed history were President Wade’s tributes to 50 years of nationhood Fifty years of independence, with no break in democratic rule, might seem a sufficient cause for celebration in Senegal. Yet President Abdoulaye Wade chose instead to celebrate his...
Vol 51 No 9 | MAURITIUSSENEGALBRITAIN CDC goes offshore 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...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 7 | LIBERIASENEGALTAIWAN The long shadow of dollar diplomacy 20th May 2010 Five years after Senegal’s break in diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the island state which only has 23 diplomatic allies continues to haunt political life. At the heart of the affair...