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

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 25 March 2024 in Dakar. © Pastef Les Patriotes/Handout/Latin America News Agency/Reuters

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. [...]

Published on 17/04/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

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Mazars' scathing audit of BP in Senegal's Tortue field

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