In Senegal the speculation about President Macky Sall's ambitions for a third term – which would directly contravene the promised two-term limit that was at the heart of his original election victory back in 2012 – was a major driver behind a wave of rioting in February and March this year...
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Vol 62 No 18 |
- AFRICA
- COVID-19
Vaccine manufacture in Africa was on the agenda of the Compact with Africa summit led by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda President Macky Sall of Senegal and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 27 August...
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They include South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa Ghana's Nana Addo Akufo-Addo Côte d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara Senegal's Macky Sall Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari Ethiopia's Sahle-Work Zewde Mozambique's Filipe Nyusi and Angola's João Lourenço together with three prime ministers: Spain's Pedro Sanchez Italy's Mario Draghi and Portugal's António Costa (AC Vol 62 No 4 France holds tight in the Sahel & Vol 62 No 9 Death on the front line a coup and then an about turn)...
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So bitter did the contest become that Bolloré ended up backing Macky Sall who defeated Karim's father in the presidential election of 2012 although it is not suggested Sall would not otherwise have won...
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After two weeks of protest and the most violent clashes between demonstrators and the security forces seen in decades leaving at least 10 dead and 600 injured the government of President Macky Sall and supporters of his prime opponent Ousmane Sonko have retreated into an uneasy calm...
Tables turnedToday's crisis is a turning of the tables for Macky Sall who nine years ago was himself the popular opposition challenger defeating President Abdoulaye Wade who had super-promoted his son Karim and then fudged the rules to run for a third term...
The MFDC sent statements to newspapers in both Senegal and Guinea Bissau calling the offensive President 'Macky Sall's mad adventure' and vowing revenge...
Senegal's President Macky Sall persuaded fellow Ecowas leaders to soften the sanctions and allow in food fuel and medicine to protect the wellbeing of ordinary Malians and sustain the twin campaigns against jihadist terrorism and Covid-19...
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Vol 61 No 17 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
It contrasts with Senegal where President Macky Sall's administration has sharply boosted funding on rural development...
Vol 61 No 16 |
- MALI
- ECOWAS
On 23 July a procession of regional heads of state gathered in Bamako: President Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) Mahamadou Issoufou (Niger) Nana Akufo-Addo (Ghana) Alassane Ouattara (Côte d'Ivoire) and Macky Sall (Senegal)...
An article smearing President Macky Sall's radical opponent in last year's presidential election may have been the work of one the country's most influential investigative journalists Baba Aidara according to a BBC World Service documentary on 14 June...