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Senegal

Dakar looks to EU for border security funding

Senegal's armed forces have asked the European Union for funding to reinforce its border with Mali. At the top of its list? Reconnaissance drones.

Subscribers only Defence 10.06.2024

Business thrives for Nigerien arms dealer Petit Boubé in Dakar

The businessman, whose real name is Aboubacar Hima, is completing delivery of a 2022 contract to supply Senegal's environment ministry with military equipment.

Free access Defence 07.06.2024

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From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

Ukraine's special envoy for Africa and the Middle East, Maksym Subkh, in Kyiv, on 17 May 2024. © Ukrinform/Sipa USA/Reuters

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 05.06.2024

US Under Secretary of State for Human Rights Uzra Zeya slated to visit Dakar

Uzra Zeya, the United States Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, will travel to Dakar during the week of 10 to 14 June.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.06.2024

Dakar on the look out for new Thales radar to protect borders

To provide additional protection for its airspace against the threat of missiles or drones, Senegal has just begun negotiations with Thales for the purchase of a potential third radar, of the GM200 medium-range type.

Subscribers only Defence 03.06.2024

Environmental Justice Foundation steps up lobbying against illegal fishing

The international NGO, which campaigns against environmental crimes, is working hard to make its voice heard by the new government in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

Subscribers only Business 27.05.2024

Samuel Sarr's power station project set to start production

Senegalese firm West African Energy is planning to launch production this July.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 23.05.2024

McKinsey consultancy quietly involved in urea plant project

The American consulting giant has supported the state oil company Petrosen in conducting two studies into the feasibility of a major project to build a urea plant. Dakar is counting on this initiative to reduce its dependence on foreign imports.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.05.2024

Finance minister set to sack chief of staff

Senegal's new government is preparing to announce a series of appointments to the finance and budget ministry. Among those about to be sacked to make way for the newcomers is Pape Oumar Diallo, a long-time associate of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko.

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2024

Sonko and Faye court juntas and ECOWAS in bid for regional influence

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko is to visit Conakry, Bamako, Ouagadougou and Niamey in late May; a series of trips that illustrate how he and President Faye are keen to have a hand in regional affairs.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.05.2024

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara during a press conference at the presidential palace in Abidjan on 7 May 2024.

Old Africa hand to be next US ambassador in Dakar

The Senate must now approve Joe Biden's choice.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.05.2024

Diomaye Faye in balancing act with Guinea-Bissau

Senegal's new president recently paid a visit to his Guinea-Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissoco Embaló. But his entourage also maintains close relations with the country's opposition in the person of ex-PM Domingos Simões Pereira.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.05.2024

The president of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Dakar on 10 April 2024.

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

With France's diplomats increasingly less interested in becoming ambassadors in Africa, French army generals look ready to step into their shoes.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.05.2024

Sonko probes sale of state buildings during Macky Sall reign

Senegal's new prime minister has told officials to provide him with information on the sale of state-owned buildings to private companies and individuals during the lengthy rule of president Macky Sall.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 08.05.2024

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, on 2 April, 2024

Ousmane Sonko's discreet business connections

Senegal's new prime minister has forged links with two influential entrepreneurs over the past few years. One of them is an established businessman in Senegal, while the other is a rising star in the local construction and public works sector.

Subscribers only Business 06.05.2024

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Dakar on 5 April 2024.

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BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Both the Mauritanian and Senegalese governments now have reports contesting BP's estimates of the cost of bringing the big cross-border gas field into production. They plan to join forces to press for a renegotiation.

Subscribers only Energy 01.05.2024

The Grand Tortue project's floating production, storage and offloading facility

Dakar and BP at loggerheads over local content

The oil and gas multinational has been tussling with the Senegalese state over its compliance with local content legislation. Newly installed president Bassirou Diomaye Faye can expect the row to dominate his in-tray.

Subscribers only Energy 24.04.2024

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (left) and Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 2 April 2024, Diamniadio, Senegal.

Emmanuel Macron and Macky Sall's secret dinner revealed

The French head of state very discreetly hosted a reception for the former Senegalese president at the Elysée Palace on 21 April.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.04.2024

Macky Sall and Emmanuel Macron, 10 June 2022, at the Élysée Palace, in Paris.

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

The 10 or so French ambassadors posted in ECOWAS capitals will gather in Cotonou, Benin for their traditional annual conference on 25-26 April.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2024

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Faye's election revives race for €150m maritime security contract

French electronics giant CS Group hopes it will finally clinch a €150m contract to secure Senegal's territorial waters now that Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been elected as president. The Israeli broker Gaby Peretz, whose interests may be damaged by Faye's arrival in power, has made a competing bid.

Subscribers only Defence 17.04.2024

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 25 March 2024 in Dakar.

Diomaye Faye's phone call to Ouattara

A few days before the inauguration of Senegal's new president, the outgoing Macky Sall played matchmaker between his successor and the Ivorian leader.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.04.2024

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye (left) and his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara.

Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

MBH Power, a Nigerian company belonging to Singapore's Tolaram Group, has just won a major contract to connect over 600 localities in western and eastern Senegal to the grid.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 10.04.2024

Media pros battle to land job as Bassirou Diomaye Faye's spin doctor

The competition for the post of head of communications to Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is heating up. While key figures from the presidential party are well positioned, they are up against media professionals from civil society.

Subscribers only Politics 09.04.2024

Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, at the presidential palace in Dakar on 3 April 2024.

Repatriation flights from US continue under the radar

Since an initial high-profile repatriation flight in September, the United States has continued to deport Senegalese nationals, a growing number of whom enter the US illegally. It is an issue new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his teams will need to get on top of it straight away.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.04.2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Dakar, on 20 November, 2021.

Faye set to pick chief of protocol

Some in the new Senegalese president's entourage want Mamadou Ndiaye to stay on in his job as chief of protocol, in line with tradition. But Pape Mada Ndour, a former civil servant close to Bassirou Diomaye Faye's PASTEF party, is the favourite for the position.

Free access Diplomacy 05.04.2024

Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Dakar on 2 April 2024.

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Senegal

Dakar looks to EU for border security funding

Business thrives for Nigerien arms dealer Petit Boubé in Dakar

Spotlight
From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

US Under Secretary of State for Human Rights Uzra Zeya slated to visit Dakar

Dakar on the look out for new Thales radar to protect borders

Environmental Justice Foundation steps up lobbying against illegal fishing

Samuel Sarr's power station project set to start production

McKinsey consultancy quietly involved in urea plant project

Finance minister set to sack chief of staff

Sonko and Faye court juntas and ECOWAS in bid for regional influence

Old Africa hand to be next US ambassador in Dakar

Diomaye Faye in balancing act with Guinea-Bissau

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

Sonko probes sale of state buildings during Macky Sall reign

Ousmane Sonko's discreet business connections

Spotlight
BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Dakar and BP at loggerheads over local content

Emmanuel Macron and Macky Sall's secret dinner revealed

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

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Faye's election revives race for €150m maritime security contract

Diomaye Faye's phone call to Ouattara

Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

Media pros battle to land job as Bassirou Diomaye Faye's spin doctor

Repatriation flights from US continue under the radar

Faye set to pick chief of protocol

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Senegal

Dakar looks to EU for border security funding

Business thrives for Nigerien arms dealer Petit Boubé in Dakar

Spotlight From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

US Under Secretary of State for Human Rights Uzra Zeya slated to visit Dakar

Dakar on the look out for new Thales radar to protect borders

Environmental Justice Foundation steps up lobbying against illegal fishing

Samuel Sarr's power station project set to start production

McKinsey consultancy quietly involved in urea plant project

Finance minister set to sack chief of staff

Sonko and Faye court juntas and ECOWAS in bid for regional influence

Old Africa hand to be next US ambassador in Dakar

Diomaye Faye in balancing act with Guinea-Bissau

French generals set sights on the continent's embassy posts

Sonko probes sale of state buildings during Macky Sall reign

Ousmane Sonko's discreet business connections

Spotlight BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

Dakar and BP at loggerheads over local content

Emmanuel Macron and Macky Sall's secret dinner revealed

French ambassadors to meet in Cotonou

Spotlight Faye's election revives race for €150m maritime security contract

Diomaye Faye's phone call to Ouattara

Nigeria's MBH Power selected to provide over 600 localities with electricity

Media pros battle to land job as Bassirou Diomaye Faye's spin doctor

Repatriation flights from US continue under the radar

Faye set to pick chief of protocol

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From Dakar to Abidjan, Kyiv hones its African diplomacy

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BP under increasing pressure to renegotiate Tortue development bill

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Faye's election revives race for €150m maritime security contract