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Senegal

Paris prepares to host Ousmane Sonko in September

Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is expected in Paris in September, where he has been invited to Bpifrance's BIG business event. This will be an opportunity to meet his French counterpart François Bayrou, who is expected in Dakar at the end of 2025 for the sixth Franco-Senegalese intergovernmental seminar.

Subscribers only Business 25.07.2025

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TotalEnergies treads softly in Dakar

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné (centre) in Dakar, 2 May 2017. © Seyllou/AFP

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 24.07.2025

French contractor slated to manage army's new European funds

The Économat des Armées, part of the French armed forces ministry, is preparing to distribute €10m in European subsidies to equip Senegalese forces.

Subscribers only Defence 22.07.2025

Canadian fund Atlas Energy betting on oil royalties

Set up in June, the investment fund is hoping to put forward a new financing model to the continent's oil companies sector. Based on the payment of royalties, this system is above all used in North America.

Subscribers only Energy 21.07.2025

Dakar airport hands hefty bill to Air Senegal

The manager of the company operating Dakar's international airport is demanding payment of over €30m in arrears from the national airline. This is an additional burden for the company, whose difficulties continue to grow.

Subscribers only Business 21.07.2025

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Dakar sends €240m tax bill to Frank Timis

An offshore BP platform next to Saint-Louis, Senegal, in November 2024. © Cem Ozdel/Anadolu/AFP

Subscribers only Energy 11.07.2025

Tel Aviv's ambush on the sidelines of Donald Trump's Africa summit

Currently in Washington, the Israeli Prime Minister intends to take advantage of the summit organised by the American president to meet with his African counterparts. This Israeli initiative is part of an attempt to normalise relations between the Jewish state and African and Arab countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.07.2025

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 7 July 2025, in Washington.

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WAEMU in midst of Abidjan-Ouagadougou tug of war

Serious tensions between Alassane Ouattara and Ibrahim Traoré are paralysing the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The Ivorian president is steadfastly against Burkina Faso taking the head of the organisation's council of ministers, which is expected to meet on 11 July.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 04.07.2025

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (left) and his Burkinabé counterpart Ibrahim Traoré.

Afreximbank seeks to strengthen its mark on future Africa Energy Bank

The continental import-export financial institution wants to launch the future African energy lender as soon as possible. This could provide it with an opportunity to clean up its own finances.

Free access Finance, Energy 03.07.2025

Former President of Afreximbank Benedict Oramah in Abidjan on 13 May 2025.

ECOWAS presidents debate AU's next chairperson

The AU chair should go back to a West African state next year. The subject was briefly evoked during the ECOWAS summit in Abuja on 22 June, with several capitals dreaming of being ideal candidates.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2025

French army about to hand back Rufisque base

After a long period of uncertainty, the French armed forces are due to announce the return of the military post to their Senegalese counterparts. It has long been seen as having strategic importance.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 01.07.2025

ECOWAS standby force and the issue of funding

Under pressure from Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the sub-regional organisation is expected to present a funding project for a military standby force in the coming weeks. However, few are in favour of it seeing the light of day.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 30.06.2025

From an ex-IMF boss to JP Morgan, Dakar looks to financiers to fill gap in cash resources

At a time when Senegal has urgent revenue issues, the government is working on raising funds at both a domestic and international level while also trying to obtain renewed support from the IMF.

Subscribers only Finance 27.06.2025

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Bassirou Diomaye Faye's diplomatic struggles continue

When the Senegalese president failed at the last minute to secure the ECOWAS chair, taken instead by Sierra Leone's Julius Maada Bio, he made his anger clear to his West African counterparts. His unanticipated defeat adds to a series of diplomatic setbacks.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.06.2025

Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Libreville, Gabon, on 3 May 2025.

The International Air Transport Association cancels its African gathering

This backpedaling could be linked to the delicate relations that IATA currently has with the Senegalese authorities. The event was to be held in Senegal.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 26.06.2025

Appointment of Julius Maada Bio raises concerns within ECOWAS

Involved in various peace and mediation processes in Sierra Leone, the regional organisation has given a cautious welcome to the appointment of the country's president as its chair.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.06.2025

Julius Maada Bio's coup to seize ECOWAS presidency

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye flew to Abuja on 21 June confident that he would take the helm of the West African organisation. However, it was ultimately the Sierra Leonean head of state who was appointed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.06.2025

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio in Nice, France, on 9 June 2025.

Senegal's Faye to take ECOWAS helm

Breaking news published on 21/06/25, at 13:00 GMT Heads of state from the West African regional bloc have agreed to appoint Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the next chair of the organisation, whose authority is being sorely tested by the departure of three member states run by military juntas.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.06.2025

El Hadj Malick Sow, Bassirou Diomaye Faye's behind-the-scenes legal advisor

In order to tackle the many legislative challenges that lie ahead, the Senegalese president is relying on the advice of a former judge renowned for his expertise.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2025

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Abidjan on 12 May 2025.

Woodside Energy's feud with the State heads into arbitration

Australian oil company Woodside Energy has failed to reach an amicable resolution with the government in Dakar over a major tax reassessment.

Subscribers only Energy 18.06.2025

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Sidi Ould Tah fine-tunes his arrival at helm of African Development Bank

The president-elect of the pan-African institution still has two months to go before officially taking office. But amid thank-you tours, managing the transition and assembling his team, the Mauritanian already has a pile of dossiers on his desk.

Subscribers only Finance 18.06.2025

Outgoing President Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina (C) accompanies Sidi Ould Tah (R) during the AfDB annual meeting in Abidjan, 30 May 2025.

ECOWAS heads of state hold summit in Abuja on 22 June

The Economic Community of West African States will discuss its fiftieth anniversary celebrations at its meeting on 22 June, as well as the formalities for the departure of the AES countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.06.2025

Interpol accelerates police cooperation within ECOWAS

Police forces from Senegal, Ivory Coast, Benin and Togo will share the data they collect as part of cooperation within the Economic Community of West African States.

Subscribers only Defence 11.06.2025

Details of Congolese PM's Dakar trip revealed

Anatole Collinet Makosso is kicking off a visit to Senegal during which he will meet with his counterpart Ousmane Sonko, as well as Congolese nationals.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.06.2025

IMF talks hanging on new report

The International Monetary Fund has been waiting for a finalised version of the report on the debt figures published by the authorities in February. This report is a pre-requisite to the resumption of discussions between Dakar and the Bretton Woods institution on a new programme.

Subscribers only Finance 09.06.2025

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Paris prepares to host Ousmane Sonko in September

Spotlight TotalEnergies treads softly in Dakar

French contractor slated to manage army's new European funds

Canadian fund Atlas Energy betting on oil royalties

Dakar airport hands hefty bill to Air Senegal

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French army about to hand back Rufisque base

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The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

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Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

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TotalEnergies treads softly in Dakar

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Dakar sends €240m tax bill to Frank Timis

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WAEMU in midst of Abidjan-Ouagadougou tug of war

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Bassirou Diomaye Faye's diplomatic struggles continue

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Sidi Ould Tah fine-tunes his arrival at helm of African Development Bank