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Senegal

Karim Wade, political hostage

On April 17, Karim Wade will have spent a year in Dakar's Reubeuss prison in "preventive" detention while lawyers and Senegal's legal institutions haggle over his fate.

Subscribers only Politics 09.04.2014

Vicat quiet in Dakar

A few days after sending a letter to Macky Sall [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2014

Wade launches consultancy

Senegal's former president Abdoulaye Wade is poised to officially launch his new consultancy Wade International Consulting during a visit to the United Arab Emirates.

Subscribers only Politics 12.03.2014

Aliko Dangote

African cement kingpin Aliko Dangote is taking an ever-increasing interest in the West African market, where he recently set up [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.03.2014

Mortaye Bangoura

Recently named commissioner for energy and mines at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Guinea's Mortaye Bangoura will [...]

Subscribers only Mining 04.03.2014

Vicat nominates arbitration judge in Dakar cement dispute

The Ohada Common Court of Justice and Arbitration in Abidjan [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.02.2014

Dakar seeking cash for power push

Chronically short of money to finance power generation programs, the Senegalese government has put out an urgent call for donors.

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.2014

JWI

Already a lobbyist for Ivory Coast (AEI 657) and Gambia [...]

Subscribers only Energy 25.02.2014

Kumba Iron to try again

Barely had Kumba Iron Ore recovered from its setback on the Faleme iron project in Senegal than the South African [...]

Subscribers only Mining 18.02.2014

Wade confides in Sassou

Senegal's ex-president Abdoulaye Wade turned to Denis Sassou Nguesso at the "Build Africa" forum for support in his dispute with Macky Sall.

Subscribers only Politics 12.02.2014

JWI hired by Dakar

The US lobbying firm Jefferson Waterman International (JWI) was recently [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.02.2014

Credit Suisse raises $200 million for Senegal

Credit Suisse in London, headed by Garrett Curran, has raised [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.02.2014

Mohamed VI packs his suitcase for Africa again

Less than a month after his last tour of African capitals, Mohammed VI is mounting a new charm offensive on [...]

Subscribers only 11.02.2014

Gasol in major pitch for LNG

The British firm chaired by Rilwanu Lukman is seeking to offer solutions involving imports of LNG to several countries on West Africa’s coast. But the results have been mixed.

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Stuart Lake

The managing director of African Petroleum, Karl Thomson, was the loser in the crisis at his company that followed the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Fassine Fofana

The British firm Gasol (read here) chaired by Nigeria’s former oil minister, Rilwanu Lukman, has just appointed Guinea’s former energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.02.2014

Hollande bats for Vicat

François Hollande is playing close attention to the legal wrangle between French cement company Vicat and Nigeria's Dangote in Sénégal. He has his reasons.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2014

Hollande appeals to Sall on Vicat's behalf

A dispute in Senegal between the French cement firm Vicat and Nigeria's Dangote group has prompted president François Hollande to [...]

Subscribers only 21.01.2014

Grande Côte on the final stretch

Mineral Deposits (MDL, Australia) has sold its stake in the Senegalese gold mining company Teranga Gold Corp just as it [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2014

SNEDAI wins major contract in Dakar

As West Africa Newsletter predicted back in June (WAN 661), [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.01.2014

Ex-Tullow men pool their talents

A number of former Tullow executives have formed a brand new company to explore for oil in Africa. Here’s a rundown of the “all star group.”

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Gigantic power project

No less than nine national and international overseas development agencies [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.01.2014

Abdoulaye Wade, globe-trotter

At the ripe age of 87, Senegal’s still energetic former president Abdoulaye Wade has been much on the move lately and is planning yet another foreign tour.

Subscribers only Politics 31.12.2013

Vicat takes on Senegalese government

The French cement concern Vicat has appealed for arbitration from [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2013

Oumar Toguyeni

Oumar Toguyeni, the regional head of the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) in Dakar, has been asked [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.12.2013

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Senegal

Karim Wade, political hostage

Vicat quiet in Dakar

Wade launches consultancy

Aliko Dangote

Mortaye Bangoura

Vicat nominates arbitration judge in Dakar cement dispute

Dakar seeking cash for power push

JWI

Kumba Iron to try again

Wade confides in Sassou

JWI hired by Dakar

Credit Suisse raises $200 million for Senegal

Mohamed VI packs his suitcase for Africa again

Gasol in major pitch for LNG

Stuart Lake

Fassine Fofana

Hollande bats for Vicat

Hollande appeals to Sall on Vicat's behalf

Grande Côte on the final stretch

SNEDAI wins major contract in Dakar

Ex-Tullow men pool their talents

Gigantic power project

Abdoulaye Wade, globe-trotter

Vicat takes on Senegalese government

Oumar Toguyeni

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Senegal

Karim Wade, political hostage

Vicat quiet in Dakar

Wade launches consultancy

Aliko Dangote

Mortaye Bangoura

Vicat nominates arbitration judge in Dakar cement dispute

Dakar seeking cash for power push

JWI

Kumba Iron to try again

Wade confides in Sassou

JWI hired by Dakar

Credit Suisse raises $200 million for Senegal

Mohamed VI packs his suitcase for Africa again

Gasol in major pitch for LNG

Stuart Lake

Fassine Fofana

Hollande bats for Vicat

Hollande appeals to Sall on Vicat's behalf

Grande Côte on the final stretch

SNEDAI wins major contract in Dakar

Ex-Tullow men pool their talents

Gigantic power project

Abdoulaye Wade, globe-trotter

Vicat takes on Senegalese government

Oumar Toguyeni

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