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...
Vol 43 No 13 | SENEGALFOOTBALL Wage inflation 28th June 2002 Senegal's 1-0 quarter-final defeat by Turkey this week means that an African soccer team has not yet reached a World Cup semi-final (Cameroon lost a 1990 quarter-final to...
Vol 43 No 9 | SENEGAL Wade's wide world 3rd May 2002 Strong at international conferences, the President faces criticism at home High on the world stage, President Abdoulaye Wade hosted on 14-15 April an ambitious investors' conference for the New Partnership for African Development (NePAD), while trying to help...
Vol 42 No 11 | SENEGAL Wade's blue wave 1st June 2001 The President now has a supportive parliament as well as government The first year of 'transition' in partnership with Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse was difficult. Niasse's dismissal in March and now the parliamentary elections of 29 April have given...
Vol 42 No 5 | SENEGAL Party games 9th March 2001 President Wade has sacked his main ally and needs to acquire some new ones President Abdoulaye Wade has shuffled the deck ahead of the legislative election that is due on 29 April. On 3 March, he sacked his Premier, Moustapha Niasse, whose...
