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Sendou power plant boss claims $1.2bn from Senegal

Mauritian businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor, who runs the Sendou coal-fired power station (125 MW), has accused the Senegalese authorities of preventing the site from being connected to the national electricity grid. [...]

Published on 12/01/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Sendou power station arbitration case suspended

One of the main shareholders in the Sendou power station, which is claiming $1.2bn in damages from the Senegalese state before an arbitration tribunal, is unable to pay his lawyers' fees. The situation poses a threat to the future of the arbitration procedure.

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Arbitration against State of Senegal over Sendou power plant suspended

Launched in January by Mauritian businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor, the arbitration procedure against the State of Senegal has been at a standstill since early November.

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World Bank deals ASER a blow with scrapped funding

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Major solar street light project nixed over no tender contract

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Courts to rule on Sendou power station debts

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Main subcontractor abandons Sendou power plant

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Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Dutch development agency FMO and the African Development Bank have opened an investigation into the financing of the Sendou power station by a group of promoters led by Stockholm-based businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor. The two institutions have invested over $110 million in the power station with little to show for it.

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AfDB still dealing with fallout of Sendou power plant

The African Development Bank is staring down the barrel of a financial fiasco over the Sendou coal power plant of which it is the largest backer.

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Senegal Macky Sall still hopes to meet his goal of electrifying all of Senegal

Senegal Courts to rule on Sendou power station debts

Senegal Main subcontractor abandons Sendou power plant

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Senegal
Sendou power plant boss claims $1.2bn from Senegal

Senegal
Sendou power station arbitration case suspended

Senegal
Arbitration against State of Senegal over Sendou power plant suspended

Senegal
World Bank deals ASER a blow with scrapped funding

Senegal
Major solar street light project nixed over no tender contract

Senegal
Macky Sall still hopes to meet his goal of electrifying all of Senegal

Senegal
Courts to rule on Sendou power station debts

Senegal
Main subcontractor abandons Sendou power plant

In Focus | Senegal
Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Senegal
AfDB still dealing with fallout of Sendou power plant