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Senegal
Ousmane Sonko's PASTEF maps out 2023 world tour

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's party is planning a series of overseas trips for the coming months. These will include the United States, Europe, Africa and various states in Latin America.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.01.2023

Tunisia, United States
Kaïs Saïed returns from Washington empty-handed

Kaïs Saïed's visit to the United States for the recent US-Africa summit should have resulted in a resumption of dialogue between Tunis and Washington, but the Tunisian president failed to win over his hosts.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.12.2022

Tunisia President Kais Saied (centre) arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, US, 12 December 2022.

Algeria, France, Senegal
The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa

When he arrives in Dakar on 20 December, the French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin will once more be accompanied by his adviser, Alexandre Diebolt, who has been at his side since this summer.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 20.12.2022

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin (right) alongside Alexandre Diebolt, in Algiers on 9 October 2022.

In Focus | Mali, Senegal
From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

The High Serigne of Dakar and the chief of the Kel Ansar Tuareg tribe have begun a discreet operation to bring together traditional West African chiefs. Backed by presidents Macky Sall and Assimi Goïta, they are looking to set up a tool for crisis mediation.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 19.12.2022

The High Serigne of Dakar and the chief of the Kel Ansar Tuareg tribe are spearheading an initiative to unify West Africa's traditional leaders.

Africa
Denis Sassou Nguesso, George Weah, Guillaume Soro, Amadou Ba

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 13.12.2022

Guinea
ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

ECOWAS leaders have since October been calling for the release of Guinean ministers jailed after president Alpha Condé was overthrown in a military coup. They again addressed the issue at the regional organisation's summit on 4 December in Nigeria.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.12.2022

Senegal
AU fertiliser summit backed by Bill Gates Foundation

To address the severe impact of rising food prices in several African countries, the AU is organising the African Union Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit from 23 to 30 June in Dakar.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 09.12.2022

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

The Australian-Romanian businessman is under investigation by the US, UK and Swiss authorities, and is eager to divert attention away from suspicions of corruption regarding an oil and gas block acquisition. This gambit focusses on on arable land bought in Senegal via a company that he is looking to have listed on Wall Street.

Subscribers only Business 05.12.2022

The Australian-Romanian businessman, Frank Timis.

Africa
Wiliam Ruto and Azali Assoumani play cat and mouse over AU 2023 chairmanship

The presidents of Kenya and the Comoros both want to propel their country to the head of the African Union for 2023, but they have been avoiding each other and their advisors have not been able to reach any agreement.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 05.12.2022

Senegal
After the army, Macky Sall faces resentment from police and gendarmes

The Senegalese authorities are increasing recruitment in the gendarmerie and the police ahead of the 2024 presidential election. This has alarmed some officials, who fear that the security forces may be used for partisan purposes.

Subscribers only Defence 29.11.2022

Liberia
George Weah's political and business road trip

The president of Liberia has spent most of this month outside the country on a series of trips to conferences in Egypt, Morocco and Paris, where he was received by Emmanuel Macron, as well as to the World Cup in Qatar.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 24.11.2022

Liberian president George Weah in Paris, in November 2021.

Spotlight | India, Senegal
Macky Sall makes moves as India's rice protectionism puts Dakar on edge

India's export ban and subsequent tax hike on broken rice, of which Senegal is a major consumer, have greatly displeased Dakar. Macky Sall and his ministers mobilised to get New Delhi to change its position, but high export taxes continue to disrupt grain imports.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 23.11.2022

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Senegal's President Macky Sall in Hamburg, northern Germany, on 7 July 2017.

Senegal
Ex-PM Aminata Touré talks 2024 presidential election with former opponents

Aminata Touré has become one of the government's fiercest critics and no longer hides her ambitions for Senegal's 2024 election. The former prime minister may found her own party and has powwowed with disgruntled majority members in order to develop a strategy.

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2022

Aminata Touré, former prime minister of Senegal and incoming Member of Parliament, in Dakar, on 8 September 2022.

Senegal
Arbitration against State of Senegal over Sendou power plant suspended

Launched in January by Mauritian businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor, the arbitration procedure against the State of Senegal has been at a standstill since early November.

Subscribers only Energy 22.11.2022

India
Narendra Modi's team to look into African Union joining G20

The decision on whether to initiate the process to admit the African Union to the G20 will largely fall to the Indian PM Narendra Modi, who will be overseeing the next summit of the organisation in India in 2023.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.11.2022

Senegal
Dakar set to revitalise groundnut industry

The economic outlook is on the up for the groundnut sector, a key component of Senegalese agriculture, and the government has decided to give a financial boost to Sonacos, the state company run by Modou Diagne Fada, so that it can take full advantage.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 18.11.2022

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Imbroglio over AGC allows CNOOC to shelve drilling plans

CNOOC is still waiting for Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to settle the matter of resource distribution on their joint maritime zone, where it operates the AGC Profond block. Until a solution is found, the Chinese major does not want to start its drilling programme on the licence.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 18.11.2022

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mamadi Doumbouya, Robert Friedland, Paul Henri Damiba, Mahamadou Bonkoungou, Macky Sall

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

CongoSassou writes his story.

GuineaRobert Friedland, unofficial adviser to Colonel Doumbouya.

Burkina FasoMahamadou Bonkoungou pays Damiba an evening visit.

Senegal/QatarSall hopes for tête-à-tête with Al Thani.

Free access Politics, Business, Diplomacy 15.11.2022

Spotlight | Senegal
Secret war of the generals around Macky Sall

Senegal's military bigwigs are unhappy at a recent overhaul of the army hierarchy. The President's veteran aide-de-camp, Meissa Cellé Ndiaye, is suspected of placing his favourite as the new army chief of staff, even as the president himself is facing accusations of nepotism.

Subscribers only Defence 11.11.2022

Senegal
Sall greenlights Atepa's Africa Steel and Aluminium Alliance project

Dans un courrier daté du 7 octobre, le président sénégalais Macky Sall a apporté son soutien à Pierre Goudiaby Atepa pour la mise en œuvre de son mégaprojet annoncé en mai, l'Africa Steel and Aluminium Alliance.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Mining 10.11.2022

Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Macky Sall

Senegal
Ousmane Sonko's PASTEF maps out 2023 world tour

Tunisia, United States
Kaïs Saïed returns from Washington empty-handed

Algeria, France, Senegal
The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa

In Focus | Mali, Senegal
From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

Africa
Denis Sassou Nguesso, George Weah, Guillaume Soro, Amadou Ba

Guinea
ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

Senegal
AU fertiliser summit backed by Bill Gates Foundation

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

Africa
Wiliam Ruto and Azali Assoumani play cat and mouse over AU 2023 chairmanship

Senegal
After the army, Macky Sall faces resentment from police and gendarmes

Liberia
George Weah's political and business road trip

Spotlight | India, Senegal
Macky Sall makes moves as India's rice protectionism puts Dakar on edge

Senegal
Ex-PM Aminata Touré talks 2024 presidential election with former opponents

Senegal
Arbitration against State of Senegal over Sendou power plant suspended

India
Narendra Modi's team to look into African Union joining G20

Senegal
Dakar set to revitalise groundnut industry

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Imbroglio over AGC allows CNOOC to shelve drilling plans

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mamadi Doumbouya, Robert Friedland, Paul Henri Damiba, Mahamadou Bonkoungou, Macky Sall

CongoSassou writes his story.

GuineaRobert Friedland, unofficial adviser to Colonel Doumbouya.

Burkina FasoMahamadou Bonkoungou pays Damiba an evening visit.

Senegal/QatarSall hopes for tête-à-tête with Al Thani.

Spotlight | Senegal
Secret war of the generals around Macky Sall

Senegal
Sall greenlights Atepa's Africa Steel and Aluminium Alliance project

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Macky Sall

Senegal Ousmane Sonko's PASTEF maps out 2023 world tour

Tunisia, United States Kaïs Saïed returns from Washington empty-handed

Algeria, France, Senegal The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa

In Focus | Mali, Senegal From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

Africa Denis Sassou Nguesso, George Weah, Guillaume Soro, Amadou Ba

Guinea ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

Senegal AU fertiliser summit backed by Bill Gates Foundation

In Focus | Senegal Frank Timis's Senegal feint

Africa Wiliam Ruto and Azali Assoumani play cat and mouse over AU 2023 chairmanship

Senegal After the army, Macky Sall faces resentment from police and gendarmes

Liberia George Weah's political and business road trip

Spotlight | India, Senegal Macky Sall makes moves as India's rice protectionism puts Dakar on edge

Senegal Ex-PM Aminata Touré talks 2024 presidential election with former opponents

Senegal Arbitration against State of Senegal over Sendou power plant suspended

India Narendra Modi's team to look into African Union joining G20

Senegal Dakar set to revitalise groundnut industry

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal Imbroglio over AGC allows CNOOC to shelve drilling plans

Palace Intrigues Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mamadi Doumbouya, Robert Friedland, Paul Henri Damiba, Mahamadou Bonkoungou, Macky Sall

CongoSassou writes his story.

GuineaRobert Friedland, unofficial adviser to Colonel Doumbouya.

Burkina FasoMahamadou Bonkoungou pays Damiba an evening visit.

Senegal/QatarSall hopes for tête-à-tête with Al Thani.

Spotlight | Senegal Secret war of the generals around Macky Sall

Senegal Sall greenlights Atepa's Africa Steel and Aluminium Alliance project

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Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Senegal
Ousmane Sonko's PASTEF maps out 2023 world tour

Tunisia, United States
Kaïs Saïed returns from Washington empty-handed

Algeria, France, Senegal
The man who advises Gérald Darmanin on Africa

In Focus | Mali, Senegal
From Dakar to Bamako, the grand designs of traditional aristocrats

Africa
Denis Sassou Nguesso, George Weah, Guillaume Soro, Amadou Ba

Guinea
ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup

Senegal
AU fertiliser summit backed by Bill Gates Foundation

In Focus | Senegal
Frank Timis's Senegal feint

Africa
Wiliam Ruto and Azali Assoumani play cat and mouse over AU 2023 chairmanship

Senegal
After the army, Macky Sall faces resentment from police and gendarmes

Liberia
George Weah's political and business road trip

Spotlight | India, Senegal
Macky Sall makes moves as India's rice protectionism puts Dakar on edge

Senegal
Ex-PM Aminata Touré talks 2024 presidential election with former opponents

Senegal
Arbitration against State of Senegal over Sendou power plant suspended

India
Narendra Modi's team to look into African Union joining G20

Senegal
Dakar set to revitalise groundnut industry

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Imbroglio over AGC allows CNOOC to shelve drilling plans

Palace Intrigues
Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mamadi Doumbouya, Robert Friedland, Paul Henri Damiba, Mahamadou Bonkoungou, Macky Sall

Spotlight | Senegal
Secret war of the generals around Macky Sall

Senegal
Sall greenlights Atepa's Africa Steel and Aluminium Alliance project