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Senegal
Population: 12.4mn.
GNI, $ : 10.2bn.
Debt: 2.2bn.
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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 2 No 10
  • 01/08/2009

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
  • 01/06/2009

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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