In a bid to increase his influence, Babagana Zulum is imposing numerous conditions on a humanitarian aid programme in his home state. The European Union is now looking to provide support elsewhere in the country.
French electronics giant CS Group hopes it will finally clinch a €150m contract to secure Senegal's territorial waters now that Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been elected as president. The Israeli broker Gaby Peretz, whose interests may be damaged by Faye's arrival in power, has made a competing bid.