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 ...
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 g...
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 support won him...
Vol 42 No 5 | SENEGAL Catching the boat 9th March 2001 In Senegal's troubled southern region, the pro-independence Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de la Casamance (MFDC) is deeply split it and its veteran leader, the Abb&eacu...
Vol 41 No 23 | SENEGAL Conflict of interests 24th November 2000 Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse is getting ready to resign, probably before the constitutional referendum due on 7 January.
Vol 41 No 12 | SENEGAL Wade makes his mark 9th June 2000 The new Preisident juggles allies, woos French business and upsets the neighbours The famous victory of 19 March (AC Vol 41 Nos 5 & 7) is 100 days old. The democratic elan and spirit survive but the 'state of grace' is fading as President Abdoulaye Wade's ne...
Vol 41 No 8 | SENEGAL L'effet Wade 14th April 2000 After intense and delicate bargaining to form the new government, Dakar politics became a shambles this week when Education Minister Marie-Lucienne Tissa Mbengue was dismissed afte...
Vol 41 No 7 | SENEGAL Tables turned 31st March 2000 Swept to power amid demand for change, President Wade has high expectations to meet Senegalese are still reeling from the change they have brought about. By voting out their President of 17 years, Abdou Diouf, they have steered the country into the unknown territo...
Vol 41 No 5 | SENEGAL Passion for change 3rd March 2000 President Diouf faces a second round of polling and the opposition scents victory Changement was on everyone's lips during the presidential campaign. And change is indeed happening in Senegal. For the first time, the man who has led one of Africa's oldest democr...
Vol 41 No 3 | SENEGAL Positively 4th street 4th February 2000 President Abdou Diouf's plans for a fourth term in office face two big obstacles in the 27 February elections: growing militancy and coordination among the opposition parties and F...