Senegal | ISS Africa

31 Jul 2024 / by Paulin Maurice Toupane & Aissatou Kanté

Can Senegal get the Casamance peace process over the finish line?

To resolve the 42-year conflict once and for all, recent steps towards peace must be consolidated.

12 Jun 2024 / by Paulin Maurice Toupane & Issaka K Souaré

Could Senegal help mediate tensions between ECOWAS and AES states?

Given their favourable standing with Alliance of Sahel States (AES) countries, Senegal’s new leaders could resolve regional tensions.

29 Apr 2024 / by Enoch Randy Aikins

Defending democracy, the Senegalese way

Senegal’s people stood up to protect their democracy rather than wait for the military or external help.

22 Apr 2024 / by Aissatou Kanté & Sampson Kwarkye

Will Senegal’s new president shake up external relations?

Despite pre-election rhetoric, long-standing principles and regional realities will likely guide international relations.

16 Feb 2024 / by Paulin Maurice Toupane & Seydou Daffe

Senegal: breaking the election deadlock

The Constitutional Council’s decision to overturn the postponement of presidential polls could provide a way out of the crisis.

25 Jan 2024 / by Mouhamadou Kane & Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo

Climate change, illicit economies and community resilience

This report explores these interlinked phenomena in communities peripheral to Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park and proposes responses.

16 Aug 2023 / by Alia Fakhry

More than borders: effects of EU interventions on migration in the Sahel

European Union-funded efforts encourage Sahelian governments to prioritise border protection over the protection of people on the move.

24 Jul 2023 / by Ndubuisi Christian Ani is and Jennifer Shahid

Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling in Senegal and Sierra Leone

Tracing the IFFs of migrant smuggling is complex and challenging globally – even more so in West Africa’s large informal economy.

24 Jul 2023 / by Ndubuisi Christian Ani and Jennifer Shahid

Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling: trends and responses in West Africa

This report examines the IFFs dynamics arising from migrant smuggling in Senegal and Sierra Leone.

03 Jul 2023 / by Menzi Ndhlovu and and Ronak Gopaldas

Africa’s bond walls and ballot trains

A year of reckoning approaches, with 20 elections and a wall of over 10 bond redemptions due in 2024.

23 Jun 2023 / by Priyal Singh and Denys Reva

African peace mission: one step forward, one step back?

Although the initiative is a milestone in Africa’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a better organised, broader collective effort is needed.

22 Jun 2023 / by Paulin Maurice Toupane and Aïssatou Kanté

Avoiding the worst-case scenario in Senegal

Extreme positions taken by all sides of the political spectrum make resolving the crisis more difficult.