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Senegal
Oumar Wade's delicate balancing act as new chief of defence staff

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Senegal’s new chief of defence staff, Vice Admiral Oumar Wade, in Dakar, March 2022.
Senegal’s new chief of defence staff, Vice Admiral Oumar Wade, in Dakar, March 2022. © IMAGO/piemags via Reuters Connect

Since his appointment as head of the Senegalese armed forces in December 2025, the squadran vice admiral has had to contend with a complex situation combining persistent security threats and restrictions imposed by a budgetary crisis.

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