A decade earlier Wade had won the presidency in 2000 when President Abdou Diouf had tried for a third term...
It was the then presidents of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau respectively Abdou Diouf and José Bernardo ‘Nino' Vieira who announced the zone to end decades of litigation over the demarcation of their maritime border...
They point to the $88m Abdou Diouf International Conference Centre and the 15 000-seat Dakar Arena indoor sports centre which bring in hardly any revenue...
In 2012 Macky revived the hitherto dormant Cour de Répression de l'Enrichissement illicite (CREI) the state anti-corruption court established by President Abdou Diouf in 1981...
After ex-President Abdou Diouf stepped down as leader of the Sommet de la Francophonie the organisation has now elected its first female leader Canadian former Governor General Michaëlle Jean...
Vol 55 No 18 |
- FRANCOPHONIE
Five Africans are in the starting block to succeed Senegalese former President Abdou Diouf as Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF)...
Senegal's first two Presidents Léopold Sédar Senghor and Abdou Diouf respected Touba's special status as the virtual private property of the Mbacké family...
Vol 55 No 7 |
- BURKINA FASO
Senegalese former President Abdou Diouf has been in charge since 2003 and is known to want to leave...
Allies and enemies Every government since that of Abdou Diouf has promised and failed to bring the Casamance conflict to an end: Sall's efforts will be no more successful...