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Senegal
Wade counts on GSM for media boost

Because winning back the favor of public opinion is no simple matter, Senegal’s leader is investing heavily in the media for the 2012 presidential election. [...]

Published on 23/12/2010 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdou Diouf
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France is concerned that things could get ugly after Senegal’s presidential election in February and its soldiers are on alert.

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Wade set on third term

Senegal's Constitutional Council may yet declare he cannot run again, and the Parti Democratique Senegalais won't officially swear him in as its candidate until December 23, but Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is already pounding the campaign trail in earnest ahead [.

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Abdoulaye Wade in growing sandstorm

President Abdoulaye Wade, once a symbol of pluralism in Senegal, has chosen to turn his back on history just as the Arab Spring spreads south across the Sahara. Since his victory over Abdou Diouf in 2000, Wade has been convinced [.

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Is the African Union just a tad out of touch? While young people, who make up the vast majority of the population in Africa, have been demonstrating in the streets of Tunis, Algiers and Cairo, on January 28 Obiang Nguema [.

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Gorgui's love affair with France

Between Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade and the French, nothing is ever simple. Since his election in 2000, "Gorgui " –"the hare" in Wolof - has repeatedly distanced himself from Paris only to turn around and cultivate links again with Senegal's [.

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