Senegal

Senegal’s IMF Reckoning Deepens the Crisis

Senegal's political crisis is no longer only about a power struggle at the top, but about who will carry the cost of an IMF-era economic reckoning.

EU Development Finance Bankrolls China’s African Expansion

Brussels funds hundreds of buses for Dakar, a Chinese state firm bids at half the European price and wins the contract.

West Africa’s New Cocaine Highway: Europe’s Venezuelan Moment?

Last week, the French Navy seized nearly six tonnes of cocaine off West Africa's coast. Another routine bust? Hardly.

France Out, Africa In: Senegal, ECOWAS, and Sahel Integration

As French troops pack up their bases in Dakar, could Senegal hold the key to healing West Africa's fractured regional order?

Debt Trap: High Growth with Strings Attached

Senegal's IMF crisis deepens after audit reveals hidden debt, just as new oil wealth promises economic transformation.

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Canada's Emirati trade pact and Britain's defence bank refusal give dependable partners a considerable advantage over Washington's unpredictable moods.

Gen Z Organised: From ‘Be Water’ to October 17 Movement

Gen Z protests start as memes, yet the ones that change things need unions, organisers and a plan.

Political Violence Now Reaches Politicians’ Families and Homes

Politicians have bodyguards, but their parents and spouses do not, and that gap is getting harder to ignore.