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Abdoulaye Wade in growing sandstorm

President Abdoulaye Wade, once a symbol of pluralism in Senegal, has chosen to turn his back on history just as the Arab Spring spreads south across the Sahara. Since his victory over Abdou Diouf in 2000, Wade has been convinced [...] (694 words)

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SENEGAL
Abdou Diouf
Abdoulaye Wade
Christine Holzbauer
Claude Guéant
Karim
Leopold Senghor
Nicolas Normand
Nicolas Sarkozy
Parti Democratique Senegalais
Robert Bourgi

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Senegal’s ex-leader Abdoulaye Wade

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Struggle for control of PDS underway

Despite Abdoulaye Wade’s continued assertions that he is the Parti Democratique Senegalais’ ‘only constant’, with the ex-president tucked away in exile in France the party is now in the grip of a succession war.

SENEGAL Politics 21/11/2012

Karim Wade quizzed in fraud probe

A particularly zealous prosecutor attended Karim Wade’s recent third round of questioning by fraud investigators in Dakar.

SENEGAL Politics 18/01/2012

Paris prepares for the worst

France is concerned that things could get ugly after Senegal’s presidential election in February and its soldiers are on alert.

SENEGAL Politics 04/01/2012

Wade turns to U.S. lobbyists

The U.S. law and lobbying firm McKenna, Long & Aldridge has been hired to bolster the credibility of President Abdoulaye Wade’s run for a third term in February.

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SENEGAL Politics 30/11/2011

Wade set on third term

Senegal's Constitutional Council may yet declare he cannot run again, and the Parti Democratique Senegalais won't officially swear him in as its candidate until December 23, but Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is already pounding the campaign trail in earnest ahead

SENEGAL Politics 08/06/2011

Frenchman freed

After three months languishing in prison in Dakar, Frenchman Sebastien Couasnet was freed on June 6.

SENEGAL Politics 08/06/2011

Law commission fights amendment

MPs are putting up resistance to changes in the law that could make it easier to money-launder with impunity.

SENEGAL Politics 11/05/2011

Wade excludes former heir apparent

While the PDS put on a united front to exclude Idrissa Seck, several members of President Wade’s party are already backing Seck for president in 2012.

SENEGAL Politics 06/04/2011

Wade’s too convenient coup

Too blatant to have been true, the recent pseudo coup attempt against Abdoulaye Wade served to highlight the climate of instability in Senegal. West Africa Newsletter analyses the situation.

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SENEGAL Politics 12/01/2011

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Abdou Diouf
Abdoulaye Wade
Christine Holzbauer
Claude Guéant
Karim
Leopold Senghor
Nicolas Normand
Nicolas Sarkozy
Parti Democratique Senegalais
Robert Bourgi

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