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...
Vol 56 No 7 | SENEGAL Karim's presidential appeal 3rd April 2015 The most difficult dossier that the new Supreme Court President, Mamadou Badio Camara, has to deal with is the appeal by Karim Wade against his conviction for illicit...