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Senegal
Population:	12.4mn.
GNI, $ :	10.2bn.
Debt:	2.2bn.
Overview:	President Abdoulaye Wade’s North Korean-built Monument de la Rénaissance Africaine, to be inaugurated in April, is a constant source of tension due to corruption in its inception and the anger of citizens about the project’s costs.

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Vol 4 No 8
June 2011

Madické Niang

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senegal

Vol 3 No 7
May 2010

The long shadow of dollar diplomacy

Five years after Senegal’s break in diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the island state which only has 23 diplomatic allies continues to haunt political life. At the heart of the affair are the opaque dealings concerning a US$14 million aid package ‘off...

Vol 2 No 10
August 2009

Wade's monumental error

A secret deal involving the sale of public land is financing an ugly statue and tourist centre, built under contract by a North Korean company

Vol 2 No 8
June 2009

Wade's skyscraper legacy

Popular discontent and a lack of transparency threaten China's largest property development deal in West Africa

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