Vol 60 No 18 | SENEGAL Opposition out of sorts 13th September 2019 Ex-President Abdoulaye Wade's imposition of his son Karim as his number two and de facto leader of his Parti Démocratique Sénégalais (PDS) has provoked a deep split in the movement...
Vol 60 No 12 | SENEGALOIL AND GAS An oily threat to Sall 14th June 2019 Hotly-denied suggestions that officials were paid for awarding oil concessions are causing trouble for the President Ever since BBC television's Panorama current affairs programme revealed apparent evidence that controversial British-based Australian/Romanian businessman Vasile Frank Timis made m... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 10 | GAMBIASENEGAL Pushing out the privateers 17th May 2019 Oil majors are returning to the Senegal basin, and long-time local dealmakers like Frank Timis are gradually being eased out BP has cemented its interest in the Senegal basin by sweeping up two disputed oil blocks off the coast of Gambia previously held by Norway-listed Africa Petroleum as a raft of incr...
Vol 60 No 5 | SENEGAL Sall romps home 8th March 2019 President Macky Sall took 59% of the vote in the presidential election, making a second round unnecessary. Veteran politician Idrissa Seck came a poor second with 21% and radical c...
Vol 60 No 4 | SENEGAL Macky wants first round KO 22nd February 2019 Having virtually obliterated the opposition, the President is banking on winning the poll in the first round President Macky Sall may be about to pick up an unlikely gift from an old foe. In protest at the exclusion of his son Karim as a presidential candidate – because of an unpaid...
Vol 60 No 4 | SENEGAL Sall campaign 'fakes news' 22nd February 2019 The run-up to the 2019 presidential elections has seen unprecedented amounts of fake news and smear campaigns against all the candidates, but none have been quite as bizarre as the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 1 | SENEGAL Sall safe for second term 11th January 2019 The President is a shoo-in for re-election, but then he will have to make good on his grandiose promises President Macky Sall is unlikely to need a second round to secure re-election in February. He has the advantage of incumbency in a much-reduced field of candidates, following the p...
Vol 59 No 23 | SENEGAL A well-oiled machine 23rd November 2018 The President deflects criticisms of the management of oil resources while deftly removing all credible challengers to his re-election The flies are buzzing around Senegal's highly promising offshore fields even though there have been no major announcements of new oil and gas discoveries in 2018. The juniors have ...
Vol 59 No 18 | SENEGAL Not lacking convictions 14th September 2018 Having lost his first appeal against conviction for the misuse of municipal funds, Khalifa Sall has been dismissed as mayor of Dakar by President Macky Sall – even though the...
Vol 59 No 17 | SENEGAL President plays by his rules 22nd August 2018 Opposition leaders accuse Macky Sall of bending the law courts to his advantage as the opposition flounders in the lead-up to elections With just seven months to go to Senegal's next presidential election, the political mood remains sour as opponents accuse President Macky Sall of manipulating the judicial system t...