Senegal

Pathe staff walks in the hall of the newly opened Pathe cinema in Dakar, Senegal, October 2022. (Seyllou /AFP)

Africa rising

Premium badgeDakar nurtures its emerging middle class

From supermarkets to local tourism, the middle-class is thriving in the Senegalese capital.

A woman pours maize into a bucket at a mill in Adjame, Abidjan July 25, 2011. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST – Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)

headlong rush

Premium badgeSenegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon… milling industry remains resilient despite pressure Amid supply difficulties stemming from the Ukraine conflict and heightened competition, the milling sector is navigating a challenging path in West an...
A pro-Sonko protester during clashes with the police on 4 March 2021 in Dakar. © Leo Correa / AP / SIPA

distressed and deteriorating

Premium badgeUncertain future for Ousmane Sonko in Senegal Deprived of freedom, bereft of a party, struck off the electoral rolls, and hospitalised due to an ongoing hunger strike that he adamantly refuses to ...
© Senegalese President Macky Sall during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on 17 June 2023. Sergei Bobylev/TASS/Sipa

candidate conundrum

Premium badgeDoes the far-left stand a chance in Senegal? Senegal’s socialist factions plan an alternative future for the country but will not forward a candidate to stand in the February 2024 presidential el...

Senegal top stories

Pathe staff walks in the hall of the newly opened Pathe cinema in Dakar, Senegal, October 2022. (Seyllou /AFP)

Africa rising

Premium badgeDakar nurtures its emerging middle class From supermarkets to local tourism, the middle-class is thriving in the Senegalese capital.
A woman pours maize into a bucket at a mill in Adjame, Abidjan July 25, 2011. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST – Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)

headlong rush

Premium badgeSenegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon… milling industry remains resilient despite pressure Amid supply difficulties stemming from the Ukraine conflict and heightened competition, the milling sector is navigating a challenging path in West an...
A pro-Sonko protester during clashes with the police on 4 March 2021 in Dakar. © Leo Correa / AP / SIPA

distressed and deteriorating

Premium badgeUncertain future for Ousmane Sonko in Senegal Deprived of freedom, bereft of a party, struck off the electoral rolls, and hospitalised due to an ongoing hunger strike that he adamantly refuses to ...

Senegal top stories

Pathe staff walks in the hall of the newly opened Pathe cinema in Dakar, Senegal, October 2022. (Seyllou /AFP)

Africa rising

Premium badgeDakar nurtures its emerging middle class From supermarkets to local tourism, the middle-class is thriving in the Senegalese capital.
A woman pours maize into a bucket at a mill in Adjame, Abidjan July 25, 2011. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST – Tags: BUSINESS FOOD)

headlong rush

Premium badgeSenegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon… milling industry remains resilient despite pressure Amid supply difficulties stemming from the Ukraine conflict and heightened competition, the milling sector is navigating a challenging path in West an...
A pro-Sonko protester during clashes with the police on 4 March 2021 in Dakar. © Leo Correa / AP / SIPA

distressed and deteriorating

Premium badgeUncertain future for Ousmane Sonko in Senegal Deprived of freedom, bereft of a party, struck off the electoral rolls, and hospitalised due to an ongoing hunger strike that he adamantly refuses to ...

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A man works in a rice field in Nanan, Côte d’Ivoire. The country has increased its domestic production but still relies largely on imports. (REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon)

grain pain

Premium badgeIndia’s export cuts threaten West Africa’s rice supplies Export restrictions imposed by India, the world’s largest rice exporter, are complicating supplies to the region, especially Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea.
Migrants repatriated from Dakhla after their boat capsized. Yoff military airport, Dakar, 26 July 2023. SEYLLOU/AFP

long way home

Repatriating migrants: Morocco says it is setting an example On 23 August, another 325 migrants expelled from Morocco returned home to Senegal. Rabat says the migrants were moved in the best possible conditions.
Aminata Kane Ndiaye

woman to watch

Premium badgeTen things about Aminata Kane Ndiaye, Orange Money’s trump card in Africa Aminata Kane Ndiaye is tasked with transforming Orange Money into a multiservice platform.
In the CFA franc zones, Côte d’Ivoire has the highest minimum wage (Photo: AFP).

scraping by

Premium badgeWhich African countries have the highest minimum wage? While an increase in the monthly minimum wage is a popular promise for African politicians, wage trends are marked by regional disparities.
© Cross-section of an undersea communications cable (3D illustration). Christoph Burgstedt/Getty Images

Deep cut

Premium badgeDRC: Broken submarine cables disrupt West African internet speed It could take a month for the Orange Marine team to start repairs on fibre optic lines damaged during underwater landslide off the DRC coast.
Abdel-Fatau Musah, commissioner for political affairs, peace and security at the Economic Community of West Africa States. (Photo: ECOWAS)

what revolution?

Premium badgeExclusive: ECOWAS commissioner Musah dissects Niger coup – Part 2 In Part 2 of our exclusive interview, Abdel-Fatau Musah says the Niger crisis is not an anti-West coup, a narrative only adopted after deposing Presid...