Macky Sall

The fractious politics of Casamance are holding up President Macky Sall's grand economic plans as he tries to relaunch his battered government...

By contrast relationships with Senegal a constitutional democracy are deep extending far beyond President Macky Sall to embrace many elements of the government and wider society...

President Macky Sall responded to his coalition's poor showing in the 29 June local elections by sacking Prime Minister Aminata Touré and several other ministers...

Thiès stays in the hands of Macky Sall's arch-rival Idrissa Seck and heavy presidential coalition campaigning found no reward in Ziguinchor even though Mayor Abdoulaye Baldé is closely associated with ex-President Wade and is under investigation for fraud (AC Vol 49 No 5 The Wade summit)...

Moustapha Diakhaté head of the coalition that brought President Macky Sall to power Benno Bokk Yakaar declared that Mbacké's list should be rejected...

Some draw parallels with Senegal where last year President Macky Sall dropped his technocratic banker Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye in favour of the charismatic and tough Fatoumata 'Mimi' Touré...

The latest development plan from President Macky Sall the Plan Sénégal émergent (PSE) has won praise from leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and pledges worth US$4...

The latest round of negotiations in Dakar on 20-24 January was attended by the European Commissioner for Trade Karel de Gucht who joined West Africa's representative at the talks Senegalese President Macky Sall Ahmed Hamid the Ecowas Trade Industry and Mines Commissioner and Christophe Joseph Marie Dabire Regional Trade Commissioner of the Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine...

President Macky Sall has suggested settling the case an idea that Karim himself immediately dismissed in a moment of rare agreement with the country's anti-corruption crusaders...

Scheduled for 29 June the local elections will be the first popularity test for President Macky Sall's government since his election in March 2012...

Traditional partners such as Senegal's President Macky Sall were notably more at ease at the gathering than newer Anglophone friends such as Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete...