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French consulate in Dakar at heart of illicit visa trade probe

The French foreign ministry's inspection unit is looking into serious issues flagged within the visa department of the French consulate in Senegal. The service had only just begun to tackle a huge backlog of residence permit requests.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.09.2022

Inner Circle
Macky Sall banks on DRN intelligence agency to keep 'terrorists' at bay

Senegalese president Macky Sall.© Romain Gaillard/Pool/Abacapress.com/Reuters

Subscribers only Defence 16.09.2022

Dakar flour production could grind to a halt over unpaid subsidies

Senegalese millers are threatening to stop flour production if the government does not pay them promised subsidies, which they say amount to €58m. They have already drastically reduced their supplies from grain traders.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 13.09.2022

Sall speeds up launch of three new air force bases

Over the past few months, the Air Force appointed the commanders of three future bases located near the cities of Linguère, Kaolack and Tambacounda.

Subscribers only Defence 13.09.2022

Angolan President Lourenço Macky Sall's guest star at Dakar Forum

Angolan head of state João Lourenço will travel to Dakar on 24 October.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.09.2022

Fortesa, two years after deadly Gadiaga explosion, plans to drill new well

Fortesa, the operator of Gadiaga - Senegal's only producing gas field - is planning costly work on its onshore block. The aim is to increase the yield, which was drastically reduced after a deadly fire in 2020 and the decommissioning of a well.

Subscribers only Energy 07.09.2022

Spotlight
After legislative setback, Macky Sall ponders key appointments

The Senegalese president must appoint a handful of senior officials this month, including a new prime minister - and these are decisions that the setback of the government majority in the legislative elections of July has made more strategic than ever.

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2022

In Focus
High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Businessmen in Senegal and Ivory Coast are dreaming of building luxury resorts on sites abandoned by the French operator Club Med. But Covid has hit the tourism sector hard.

Subscribers only Business 29.08.2022

Archive photo of the Club Med Amun hotel in Aswan, Egypt.

Major facelift for Gen Moussa Fall's armoured gendarmerie vehicles

The Senegalese gendarmerie has just ordered 12 armoured combat and reconnaissance vehicles from the Chinese supplier Norinco. The financial aspects of this operation were supervised by businessman Thierno Ba.

Subscribers only Defence 29.08.2022

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

The appointment of UN-mandated expert panels is being increasingly hotly debated in New York. On one side are the P3 members of the US, France and UK, and on the other the P2 of Russia and China.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.08.2022

Amadou Ly sets up own party with eyes on 2024 presidential election

Having run unsuccessfully in the municipal elections in January, the businessman Amadou Ly is about to launch his own political party. But he has not ruled out allying himself with other figures on the Senegalese political scene in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.

Subscribers only Politics 24.08.2022

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

Although he has been president of the Economic Community of West African States since July, Umaro Sissoco Embaló will not host the next summit of the regional organisation in Guinea-Bissau.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.08.2022

General Etienne du Peyroux succeeds Michel Delpit as EFS head

General Etienne du Peyroux has just taken up his duties as head of the Eléments Français au Sénégal in Dakar.

Subscribers only Defence 18.08.2022

Philippe Bohn's crew return to cockpit of Air Sénégal

Two former top execs at Air Sénégal who are close to the airline's founder Philippe Bohn have recently been appointed to key posts in the company. Their return comes at a difficult time for the airline, which fired its CEO in July.

Subscribers only Business 16.08.2022

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked his ex-minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to brief the new defence minister Sébastien Lecornu and the new foreign minister Catherine Colonna on African issues.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.07.2022

Macky Sall frets over international image in tense run-up to elections

With parliamentary elections due to take place on 31 July, the Senegalese president is worried that the tense social climate will reflect negatively on him in the eyes of the international community. He is therefore redoubling his PR efforts abroad.

Subscribers only Politics 22.07.2022

Ousmane N'Diaye brokers US Schweizer helicopters for air force

The Senegalese air force is about to take delivery of four helicopters from the US manufacturer Schweizer. The contract was negotiated by businessman Ousmane N'Diaye, who is involved in brokering military equipment between the two countries.

Subscribers only Defence 22.07.2022

General Cheikh Wade splashes out on new military vehicles for the army

Senegal's Chief of Army Staff, General Cheikh Wade, proudly welcomed a delivery of new military equipment for the army in late June.

Subscribers only Defence 19.07.2022

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

The fledgling company found by a pool of military veterans and Africa experts is hoping to provide solutions to the shortage of wide-body cargo planes caused by the war in Ukraine. It is exploring several options, including a highly hypothetical plan to refit certain US military aircraft for civilian use.

Free access Defence 18.07.2022

Dakar pushing candidate for UN High Commissionner for Human Rights

Ex-President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, head of the influential United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) since 2018, will not serve a second term. Dakar has just submitted its candidate to Antonio Guterres.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.07.2022

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

The heads of Ghana Cocobod and Ivory Coast's Conseil Café Cacao were in Accra last week to refine their joint strategy in the face of the industry's trading giants and industrialists, who are considering diversifying their supplies elsewhere.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 12.07.2022

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Following the change of president at the ECOWAS commission, seven new commissioners were appointed at the regional organisation's 3 July summit in Accra. Yet Dakar is not happy that it didn't get the "peace and security" post.

Free access Diplomacy 07.07.2022

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (centre), president of Guinea-Bissau and new chairman of ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana, on July 3, 2022.

Ambassador Philippe Lalliot to stay on in Dakar

The ambassador of France to Senegal and Gambia, Philippe Lalliot is to stay on for an additional year on top of the standard three-year mandate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.07.2022

Dakar makes last-ditch bid to escape €256m Bibo Bourgi compensation order

Last year Senegal lost its appeal against a UN tribunal's 2019 order that it pay a real estate magnate a quarter of a billion euros in compensation over his "illegally" seized assets. Dakar has since taken its case to a higher court on jurisdictional grounds.

Subscribers only Politics 06.07.2022

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

Ces dernières semaines, la question sensible de l'appartenance du Burkina Faso au cadre de coopération sécuritaire et de développement du G5 Sahel a été abordée durant au moins trois conseil des ministres.

Subscribers only Politics 05.07.2022

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Senegal

French consulate in Dakar at heart of illicit visa trade probe

Inner Circle
Macky Sall banks on DRN intelligence agency to keep 'terrorists' at bay

Dakar flour production could grind to a halt over unpaid subsidies

Sall speeds up launch of three new air force bases

Angolan President Lourenço Macky Sall's guest star at Dakar Forum

Fortesa, two years after deadly Gadiaga explosion, plans to drill new well

Spotlight
After legislative setback, Macky Sall ponders key appointments

In Focus
High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Major facelift for Gen Moussa Fall's armoured gendarmerie vehicles

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Amadou Ly sets up own party with eyes on 2024 presidential election

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

General Etienne du Peyroux succeeds Michel Delpit as EFS head

Philippe Bohn's crew return to cockpit of Air Sénégal

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Macky Sall frets over international image in tense run-up to elections

Ousmane N'Diaye brokers US Schweizer helicopters for air force

General Cheikh Wade splashes out on new military vehicles for the army

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

Dakar pushing candidate for UN High Commissionner for Human Rights

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Ambassador Philippe Lalliot to stay on in Dakar

Dakar makes last-ditch bid to escape €256m Bibo Bourgi compensation order

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

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Senegal

French consulate in Dakar at heart of illicit visa trade probe

Inner Circle Macky Sall banks on DRN intelligence agency to keep 'terrorists' at bay

Dakar flour production could grind to a halt over unpaid subsidies

Sall speeds up launch of three new air force bases

Angolan President Lourenço Macky Sall's guest star at Dakar Forum

Fortesa, two years after deadly Gadiaga explosion, plans to drill new well

Spotlight After legislative setback, Macky Sall ponders key appointments

In Focus High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites

Major facelift for Gen Moussa Fall's armoured gendarmerie vehicles

UN expert panels at the heart of Security Council tensions

Amadou Ly sets up own party with eyes on 2024 presidential election

Why the next ECOWAS summit will be held in Abuja

General Etienne du Peyroux succeeds Michel Delpit as EFS head

Philippe Bohn's crew return to cockpit of Air Sénégal

French ex-foreign minister coaches successor and new defence minister on African issues

Macky Sall frets over international image in tense run-up to elections

Ousmane N'Diaye brokers US Schweizer helicopters for air force

General Cheikh Wade splashes out on new military vehicles for the army

Volion Global Logistics gears up to take post-Antonov African pickings

Dakar pushing candidate for UN High Commissionner for Human Rights

Abidjan and Accra allied against multinationals in new cocoa war

New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Ambassador Philippe Lalliot to stay on in Dakar

Dakar makes last-ditch bid to escape €256m Bibo Bourgi compensation order

Ouagadougou ponders G5 Sahel membership after Mali's exit

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Inner Circle
Macky Sall banks on DRN intelligence agency to keep 'terrorists' at bay

Spotlight
After legislative setback, Macky Sall ponders key appointments

In Focus
High hopes and pitfalls ahead after Marriott, Loum Diagne and Fakhoury take over Club Med sites