Macky Sall

Ivory Coast
Guillaume Soro calls on Macky Sall's help to renew ties with Alassane Ouattara

Guillaume Soro and former Senegalese head of state Macky Sall met in mid-April to discuss the resumption of dialogue between the exiled opposition leader and President Ouattara.

Senegal
Police acquire Croatian assault rifles

The Senegalese national police has taken delivery of hundreds of VHS-2 assault rifles from the Croatian company HS Produkt to equip its officers.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Macky Sall, Félix Tshisekedi, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Emmanuel Macron

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory Coast, SenegalOuattara flies in Macky Sall

DRCTshisekedi government reaches out to opponent Martin Fayulu

EgyptSisi and Macron talk business in metro

Guinea
KPMG draws up strategy for Doumbouya's increasingly costly Simandou 2040 plan

More than 30 consultants from multinational KPMG are working on the ruling junta's new economic strategy. The aim is to use the windfall from Guinea's iron ore mega-project to diversify the economy and boost its growth.

Ivory Coast, Senegal
PM Ousmane Sonko mulls trip to Abidjan

The visit may take place in the first fortnight of April, and it would be Sonko's first to Ivory Coast since coming to office.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Alassane Ouattara, Emmanuel Macron, Ibrahim Traoré, Yoweri Museveni

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRCMaman Marthe in the thick of UDPS crisis

Ivory CoastMacron and Ouattara speak during Eid

Burkina FasoIbrahim Traoré snubs Doha envoy

UgandaTweets by Museveni's son cause uproar within presidential family

Senegal
Faced with attempted coup d'état accusations, General Kandé seeks to clear his name

Nine months after being brutally sacked by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the former head of the army has gone to court to denounce comments made by a former corporal suggesting that he was planning a coup.

Senegal
The challenges facing Yuval Waks, Israel's new ambassador to Dakar

Newly arrived in Dakar, Israeli diplomat Yuval Waks will be trying to iron out the wrinkles in a bilateral relationship that has been strained since President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's election.

Palace Intrigues
Ousmane Sonko, Tony Elumelu, Alassane Ouattara

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

SenegalSonko's wife Anna Diamanka pays incognito visit to Paris

NigeriaUBA boss Tony Elumelu's evening at Palais Garnier cancelled

Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara's private trip to France

Senegal
France's Ellipse eyes new construction contracts in Dakar

Ellipse Group, a company specialising in building infrastructure in emerging countries, wants to take advantage of its foothold in Senegal to land further contracts.

Senegal
Ex-banker and minister favourites to replace Cheikh Diba as finance minister

With speculation rife about a government reshuffle in Senegal, two senior officials are being touted as possible replacements for Finance Minister Cheikh Diba, who is in a weakened position at the helm of the key ministry.

Mali, Niger, Senegal
Qatari foreign minister to tour Sahel states

Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi is due to visit Niger, Mali and Senegal at some point next week, in an order that has yet to be defined.

Senegal
Germany's purchase of Senegalese gas back on the table

Interrupted during the final months of Macky Sall's presidential term, talks between Dakar and Berlin on the purchase of natural gas have quietly resumed in recent weeks.