By Michele Moscaritoli Nigeria’s slowdown is a reminder that regional growth figures can flatter to deceive – and that smart investors build structure, not just exposure....
By Gregory September Regional cooperation just got real. Landlocked Mali can now reach the Atlantic. For landlocked nations, geography is often destiny. Mali, nestled deep in...
By Michele Moscaritoli Africa’s largest economy offers unmatched opportunity – but investors are waiting for the fog to clear. Nigeria should dominate every emerging-market investment ranking....
By Des H Rikhotso In an era of global uncertainty, one financial flow remains remarkably resilient – remittances. Across Africa, these cross-border transfers from diaspora communities...
By Mary Alorh The recent developments in Chad and Senegal regarding French military bases have sparked important discussions about the relationship between France and its former...
AFP | New oil producer Senegal has begun producing various fuels in its own refinery near the capital Dakar, the company behind it said on Thursday....
Festive seasons bring about merrymaking in various homes across the globe. They really provide an avenue for intercultural relations while showing the similarities that exist in...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu With the highest number of countries in the world, being the second-largest continent, and with a diverse sociocultural landscape, the security dynamics...
West Africa has been in the news in recent times due to the security challenges it faces. In the north, east, and the eastern half of...
By Gregory Simpkins France, one of the European colonial powers that divided up the African continent at the infamous Belin Conference of 1885, is on the...
Chad has announced the termination of its defence cooperation agreement with France, requiring French troops to leave the country. The decision, announced Thursday after French Foreign...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In February, I engaged in a discussion about the evolving security landscape in West Africa with an American business executive based in...
Senegal’s ruling party has declared a decisive victory in Sunday’s legislative elections, according to government spokesperson Amadou Moustapha Ndieck Sarre, who made the announcement on TFM...
Bloomberg | Senegal expects the first cargo from BP Plc’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim liquefied natural gas project at the “beginning of next year,” according to Deputy...
Senegal has launched an ambitious new development initiative called “Senegal 2050: National Agenda for Transformation.” Led by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, this strategic plan aims to...
AP | Senegal coach Aliou Cissé, who led the team to an Africa Cup of Nations title and the past two World Cup tournaments, lost his...
Bloomberg | Senegal’s government set up a commission to examine natural-resource contracts awarded to foreign investors and establish whether they comply with the West African nation’s...
AFP | Crouched next to a pile of fresh mangoes, Senegalese farmer Mame Abdou Diop shoots a TikTok clip hoping it will be a hit with...
AFP | Senegal’s first satellite has been successfully launched into orbit, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said, adding the move marked a major step towards the West...
Senegal’s new President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has kept his promise to publicly declare his assets, offering a comprehensive view into his financial situation. Currently, President Faye...
AFP | Senegal joined the club of oil-producing countries on Tuesday as Australian group Woodside Energy announced that production had started in the west African country’s...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In 1980, Leopold Senghor, the founding president of Senegal, voluntarily stepped down from power and handed the reins to his prime minister....
Bloomberg | Senegal will review fishing deals and licenses signed with its partners that include the European Union to ensure they are optimized to benefit the...
By Gregory Simpkins When then-Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade congratulated his opponent on his victory and peacefully stepped down following the 2012 election, he was internationally praised...
Senegal’s recent political landscape has undergone a notable transformation with the inauguration of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, unveiling a government marked...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Several months ago, Philip Reynolds, PhD, a friend and former co-editor of The Defence Horizon Journal, with whom I have collaborated on...
Reuters | Senegal will conduct an audit of the oil, gas and mining sectors, newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told the nation in a televised...
AP | Senegal inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its new president on Tuesday, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the palace...
By Douglas Yates Macky Sall’s legacy as Senegal’s president since 2012 became more complex in his last year in office. The year was so filled with...
Senegal’s former Prime Minister, Amadou Ba, has extended congratulations to his rival opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, for emerging as the likely winner of the presidential...
Bloomberg | Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to delay elections that plunged the West African nation into turmoil, and insisted its democracy and institutions...
Reuters | Senegal heads to the polls on March 24 to choose a successor to President Macky Sall who is not seeking a third term. For...
Reuters | Senegal President Macky Sall said on Thursday that April 2 will be the end of his mandate as president of the nation. He added,...
Reuters | Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Thursday ruled that parliament’s unprecedented postponement of the February 25 presidential vote was not in line with the constitution, pitching...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In 1980, Senegal’s first president, Léopold Senghor, voluntarily stepped down from power and handed over office to his prime minister, Abdou Diouf....
AFP | A Senegalese judge on Thursday ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral roll, clearing the way for him to...
Reuters | Air Senegal and Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding for code-sharing and other steps to deepen cooperation. Air Senegal...
AP | Senegalese President Macky Sall declared Monday evening that he will not run for a third term in next year’s elections, ending years of uncertainty...
Reuters | Cheered on by her family, driver Fatumata Bah raised her arms in triumph after winning an amateur motor drag race in Dakar that saw...
Bloomberg | Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, agreed with a Chinese firm to construct a 6 million-ton cement plant to expand output and exports in his...
AP | African Union (AU) chairperson Macky Sall said Tuesday that Africa “does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War,” alluding...
AFP | Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their...
"There will be no fatality, nor oil curse, or ruinous competition if there is political will to cooperate across the board" - Macky Sall
By Max Walter Industrial policy is seeing a revival in Africa and beyond. In fact, governments across the continent are now explicitly using a variety of...
Reuters | Senegal’s economy will grow 5 percent in 2021 thanks in part to solid industrial output, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday, revising...
By David Walwyn The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and hand-wringing in the wake of the...
Citizens cannot be forced to wait in order to have reliable energy and live modern, dignified lives
Senegal announced Tuesday a significant discovery of oil, with at least 250 million barrels in place. Oil explorer Cairn Energy and its joint venture partners indicated...
Senegalese Prime Minister Mohammed Dionne. PHOTO/File Senegal has announced the appointment of Mohammed Dionne as prime minister, following the resignation last week of Aminata Toure after...
ArcelorMittal has agreed to pay Senegal $150 million in damages to settle a dispute with the West African nation over the failed Faleme iron ore mine...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has earmarked $35 million for a road rehabilitation project in Senegal which will also create jobs for the country’s youth...
The main leader of Senegal’s southern, separatist movement has declared a ceasefire, boosting hopes for peace talks that could end one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts. Salif...
Turkey and Senegal have signed an agreement to create a business council between the two countries. According to a report by World Bulletin, the two countries...
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote’s cement business has been flourishing elsewhere in Africa and the Senegalese project, first conceived four years ago, was due to start production...
Situated on the westernmost tip of Africa, Senegal is a country that has long been associated with European and transatlantic trade due to its geography. Colonized...
South African Airways’ (SAA) executives are caught between their continental ambition and lack of cash. Technically insolvent, SAA is reliant on a R5 billion ($443 million)...
Senegal secured pledges worth about $7.8 billion at a donor conference that began in Paris on Monday to help kick-start a development plan aimed at doubling...
Senegal will seek just over $6 billion in financing at a donor conference this month to kick-start a development plan aimed at doubling economic growth rates...
(Reuters) – Senegal has seized a Russian trawler fishing illegally in its waters, the fisheries minister said on Sunday, as it seeks to curb heavy losses...
Aliko Dangote – Founder and Chairman of The Dangote Group Nigerian entrepreneur Aliko Dangote, plans to spend US$350 million to build a new cement plant in...
Hissène Habré (Reuters) – Hissène Habré, Chad’s former leader, was arrested on Sunday in Senegal, where he has been living in freely in exile for 22...
A younger Barack Obama with his grandmother during his first trip to Africa to visit the family of his father, Barack Obama, Sr. PHOTO/Maya Soetoro-Ng President...
Hissène Habré A special African court set up to try former Chadian President Hissène Habré for war crimes and crimes against humanity has officially began its...
Moussa Konate scores goal for Senegal against Uruguay. PHOTO/Getty Images Moussa Konate scored two first-half goals as 10-man Senegal handed Uruguay its first-ever Olympic defeat in...
Moussa Konate (C) celebrates after scoring during the London 2012 Olympic Games men’s football match between Senegal and Britain. PHOTO/France24 Senegal spoiled Britain’s long-awaited return to...
Senegal has withdrawn a commitment to contribute troops for a regional ECOWAS intervention in Mali. Senegal President Macky Sall communicated the decision during a visit to...
Recently elected Senegal President Macky Sall. PHOTO/Pan African News Wire The party of recently elected Senegal President Macky Sall secured 119 seats in the country’s 150-seat...
Senegal President Macky Sall. PHOTO/File Senegal’s presidential coalition looked headed for a sweeping victory in legislative elections which were marked by a low turnout, unofficial results...
(Reuters) –Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a Lagos-based development financier, is considering potential investments worth US$3 billion across sub-Saharan Africa over the next year, its chief executive...
African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian A growing middle class has fueled Africa’s fast-growing consumer market driving the regional economy, according to...
Newly inaugurated Senegal President., Macky Sall. PHOTO/File Senegal’s new president Macky Sall has taken the oath of office, ushering in the country’s first new leader in...
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) as met with its African member states, as part of its continental fundraising efforts. The consultations on the fringes of...
Senegal President-elect., Macky Sall Senegal’s new president won the runoff election in a landslide, garnering nearly twice as many votes as the incumbent of 12 years,...
Newspaper vendors in Senegal. PHOTO/File After 50 years of independence, the path to democracy does not follow an obvious, straight line in this region, just as...
Incoming president Macky Sall (l) and outgoing president Abdoulaye Wade (Reuters) – Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade admitted defeat in Sunday’s election, state television reported, ending his...
Opposition candidate Macky Sall (l) and incumbent president Abdoulaye Wade Abdoulaye Wade received an unlikely phone call from the president conceding defeat after the 2000 election....
Senegal presidential candidate., Macky Sall. PHOTO/File Macky Sall may be 30 years younger than the man he will face in the run-off election for Senegal’s president,...
Wrestling competition in Dakar, Senegal. PHOTO/AFP In most of Africa, soccer reigns supreme among sports, but in Senegal wrestling challenges it for popularity. It provides entertainment...
Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade’s senior minister responsible for Presidential Affairs has quit. Mr Adama Sall has resigned the post and joined presidential contestant Macky Sall, who...
(Reuters) – Senegalese presidential challenger Macky Sall won new support on Friday as key figures in the country’s street protests urged their followers to vote for...
Former Senegal President., Abdou Diouf. PHOTO/File Senegal’s former president Abdou Diouf offered upbeat comments about the spread of democracy in Africa — including in his own...
Incumbent president of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade appeared at a news conference Monday, looking less gung-ho than usual, acknowledging he might not have won the required majority...
(Reuters) – Senegal’s presidential election will need to go to a second-round run-off, the campaign spokesman for President Abdoulaye Wade said on Tuesday after partial results...
Senegal’s leading opposition candidate says no candidate won the 50 percent necessary to win a presidential poll outright, making a runoff “inevitable.” Macky Sall said in...
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, right, casts his vote in presidential elections. PHOTO/REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal Voters booed Senegal’s president so loudly when he went to cast his ballot...
Former Nigeria President Olesegun Obasanjo The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government has approved the appointment of former Nigerian President,...
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade. PHOTO/File Police opened fire with tear gas Saturday on a commercial avenue in Senegal’s capital, as security forces wrapped up early voting...
Coach Amara Traore (Reuters) – Senegal have fired coach Amara Traore after their dramatic failure at the African Nations Cup. The departure of the former World...
Senegal’s ruling party said Thursday that it is canceling all political demonstrations, an announcement that comes a day before the nation’s opposition planned to hold a...
Senegal have suspended controversial Blackburn Rovers striker El Hadji Diouf for five years from all soccer-related activity in his home country. “I can confirm Diouf has...
DAKAR, Senegal — Chad’s government on Friday called on Senegal to extradite Chad’s ex-president to Belgium to face trial, a move that clears another hurdle in...
DAKAR, Senegal — Activists in the West African nation of Senegal are vowing to keep up their protests unless the president’s son resigns from his government...
From BBC: Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade has dropped some of his planned constitutional changes, officials say. He no longer wants to reduce the proportion of votes...
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s ruling party plans to change the constitution to lower the percentage of votes a candidate needs to win an election and to...
