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Senegal

Emirati company Calidus prospects for military aircraft orders in Dakar

The Abu Dhabi-based, state-controlled defence company is looking to sell its training or light attack aircraft to the Senegalese Air Force.

Subscribers only Defence 20.11.2024

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Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization, in Cairo, on 14 February 2022. © Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Subscribers only Energy 19.11.2024

Electricity giant EDF on verge of selling subsidiary to Seritech

It is in advanced talks to sell Énergie Rurale Africaine.

Subscribers only Energy 15.11.2024

© Illustrated by Julien Pacaud. Photos: L. Marin/J. Wessels/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/AFP/Russian Defence Ministry

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Russia has been trying to strike a military agreement with Senegal since President Bassirou Diomaye Faye came to power this year. Vladimir Putin's African strategists are also seeking to forge closer economic ties with the country, under the watchful eye of France.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.11.2024

Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Macky Sall during the transfer of power on 28 March 2024 in Dakar. © Senegalese Presidency/AFP

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Dakar orders audit of €120m Sall-era gendarmerie contract

The president and prime minister have commissioned a review of the contract for gendarmerie facilities under Macky Sall. It comes amid a wider push from the current government to call out unfair contracts.

Subscribers only Defence 10.10.2024

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Paris on 25 July 2024. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

Diomaye Faye looks to relaunch Doha-Dakar axis

The Senegalese leader is hoping to calm the stormy diplomatic waters between his country and the emirate. The priority of his new ambassador in Doha will be to redress relations that deteriorated during the 12-year term of his predecessor Macky Sall.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.10.2024

French judiciary rules death of Mamadou Moustapha Ba to be suicide

French investigators have concluded the former Senegalese finance minister died by suicide in early October in Paris. Their findings have been transmitted to their Senegalese counterparts, who have launched their own inquest, deeming the circumstances of Ba's death to be suspicious.

Subscribers only Politics 14.11.2024

Dakar seeks military experts to maintain its Soviet helicopters

The Senegalese air force needs support for its two Soviet-style Mi-17 transport helicopters.

Subscribers only Defence 14.11.2024

Sonko's task force met privately to begin reviewing oil and mining contracts

Created in August 2024 at the instigation of Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, the commission charged with auditing oil, gas and mining contracts signed during Macky Sall's presidency met on the afternoon of 7 November in Dakar.

Subscribers only Energy 11.11.2024

French firm Avisa Partners to advise Macky Sall on parliamentary elections

The ex-president is already on the campaign trail.

Subscribers only Politics 07.11.2024

Société Générale Sénégal: potential buyers prepare to pounce

After having indicated that they wanted to take control of the Senegalese subsidiary of France's Société Générale banking group, the Senegalese authorities could now backtrack. This opens the door to the possibility of a private sector buyer.

Subscribers only Finance 30.10.2024

YARIS marine surveillance platform delivery delayed

The Gulf of Guinea GoGIN II project is running behind schedule.

Subscribers only Defence 17.10.2024

Bassirou Diomaye Faye lobbies for Amadou Hott to take over as AfDB President

Senegal's president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, recently approached the Heads of State of the African Development Bank's shareholder countries to declare his official support for Amadou Hott's candidacy to head the institution.

Subscribers only Finance 15.10.2024

Senegal industry minister to visit Paris for trade fair

Senegal's Trade and Industry Minister Serigne Gueye Diop is scheduled to visit Paris this week to take part in the Bpifrance Inno Generation trade fair organised by the French state investment bank.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 08.10.2024

The firm behind Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye's new economic plan

The Senegalese government has chosen a local consultancy to help it carry out its major recovery project, unlike the previous administration which opted for a US giant.

Subscribers only Politics 07.10.2024

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Dakar, on 26 September 2024.

Nouakchott and Dakar get into spat over Tortue gas

The naming of the support vessels for the gas field that straddles the border between Senegal and Mauritania has pushed the two countries to the brink of a mini-diplomatic crisis.

Free access Energy 04.10.2024

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Macron tackles final decisions on military presence in Africa

The French president is due to convene a Defence Council devoted specifically to Africa at the end of October. The initial conclusions of the report he commissioned from his personal envoy, Jean-Marie Bockel, will be presented at the meeting.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 02.10.2024

French general Thierry Burkhard during training exercises at the Raponda Walker Arboretum forest in Akanda, Gabon, 15 April 2022.

Liz Aviation provides an aircraft for Togolese armed forces

Liz Aviation, a company owned by Burkinabe billionaire Mahmadou Bonkoungou, has just agreed to provide one of its aircraft to the Togolese Air Force.

Subscribers only Defence 02.10.2024

Government weighs up €260m takeover of Société Générale subsidiary

Société Générale is trying to pull out of Senegal and the government is interested in taking over the local subsidiary of the French banking group.

Subscribers only Finance 01.10.2024

EU launches major embassy reshuffle

Half of the European Union's embassies in West Africa are due to change hands by 2025, including those in Abidjan and Accra.

Free access Diplomacy 26.09.2024

Fisheries deals with EU on Faye's schedule at the UN

At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Senegal's president is likely to hold talks with EU representatives. Dakar and Brussels have different takes on the exploitation of fisheries resources, with the existing agreement due to expire soon.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.09.2024

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Senegal

Emirati company Calidus prospects for military aircraft orders in Dakar

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In Focus
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Spotlight
Dakar orders audit of €120m Sall-era gendarmerie contract

Diomaye Faye looks to relaunch Doha-Dakar axis

French judiciary rules death of Mamadou Moustapha Ba to be suicide

Dakar seeks military experts to maintain its Soviet helicopters

Sonko's task force met privately to begin reviewing oil and mining contracts

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YARIS marine surveillance platform delivery delayed

Bassirou Diomaye Faye lobbies for Amadou Hott to take over as AfDB President

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Emirati company Calidus prospects for military aircraft orders in Dakar

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In Focus Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Spotlight Dakar orders audit of €120m Sall-era gendarmerie contract

Diomaye Faye looks to relaunch Doha-Dakar axis

French judiciary rules death of Mamadou Moustapha Ba to be suicide

Dakar seeks military experts to maintain its Soviet helicopters

Sonko's task force met privately to begin reviewing oil and mining contracts

French firm Avisa Partners to advise Macky Sall on parliamentary elections

Société Générale Sénégal: potential buyers prepare to pounce

YARIS marine surveillance platform delivery delayed

Bassirou Diomaye Faye lobbies for Amadou Hott to take over as AfDB President

Senegal industry minister to visit Paris for trade fair

The firm behind Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye's new economic plan

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Spotlight Macron tackles final decisions on military presence in Africa

Liz Aviation provides an aircraft for Togolese armed forces

Government weighs up €260m takeover of Société Générale subsidiary

EU launches major embassy reshuffle

Fisheries deals with EU on Faye's schedule at the UN

Tycoon Simon Tiemtoré hoping to buy stake in Novamed healthcare group

Two Vista Bank mainstays exit group

Delegation of Russian MPs expected in Dakar

US directs military aid to Ivory Coast, Benin and Ghana after being driven out of Niger

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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?

Spotlight
Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

In Focus
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Spotlight
Dakar orders audit of €120m Sall-era gendarmerie contract

Spotlight
Macron tackles final decisions on military presence in Africa