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01DAKAR2990PRESIDENT WADE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (U) ON AUGUST 28, SENEGALESE AUTHORITIES REFUSED PERMISSION TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUNG WOMEN TO BOARD A LIBYAN CHARTERED AIRCRAFT, WHICH APPARENTLY LANDED WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION, AND WHICH WAS ALLEGEDLY TAKING THE WOMEN TO LIBYA TO PARTICIPATE IN A CULTURAL EVENT CELEBRATING THE THIRTY-S [...]
2001-09-07 16:28:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SG
01VATICAN6322BIO INFO FOR GIUSEPPE PINTO - NEW VATICAN
[...] THE POPE HAS APPOINTED ITALIAN PRIEST, MONSIGNOR GIUSEPPE PINTO, AS NUNCIO (AMBASSADOR) IN SENEGAL AND APOSTOLIC DELEGATE IN MAURITANIA. PINTO IS CURRENTLY THE ARGENTINA-CHILE DESK OFFICER AT THE VATICAN FOREIGN OFFICE. HE WAS BORN IN 1952 AND ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1978. MONSIGNOR [...]
2001-12-06 15:37:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPINR SG MR VT
03ABUJA1497MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: APCS, WARRI, MPRI
[...] (S/NF) CDA delivered REF A demarche on APCs for ECOMIL to Minister of Defense Kwankwaso on 29 August. Kwankwaso said he had not heard of Ghana's request that the GON provide APCs for the Ghanaian ECOMIL battalion. Kwankwaso and MOD PermSec Kaigama indicated the GON would consider the Ghanaia [...]
2003-08-29 18:32:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP LI ML SG GH NI
03ABUJA566NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO DISAVOWS HIS MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary: During a midnight March 21 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo distanced the GON from Minister of State Onyia's accusation that the U.S. had cut military assistance because of Nigeria's position on Iraq. Obasanjo also expressed surprise at Washington's negative react [...]
2003-03-25 17:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM SF SG IZ NI
03HANOI1422VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...]
2003-06-10 09:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ
04DJIBOUTI452DJIBOUTI'S MFA HIGHLIGHTS MOVE TOWARDS MILLENNIUM
[...] (C) In Ambassador's recent meeting with Mahmoud Yusuf Ali, Minister for Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ali stated that he believed all U.S. criteria and standards under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) were achievable for Djibouti. Democracy, he said, is Djibouti's ulti [...]
2004-03-28 12:33:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM SCUL LE SG DJ
05CAIRO4681NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (U) Summary: Officials representing the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) signed a peace agreement on June 18 in Cairo potentially paving the way for the NDA to participate in the Sudanese Unity Government, scheduled to be formed by July 9, 2005. The "Cai [...]
2005-06-20 15:07:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID EG SG
05DAKAR3184NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 16, Senegal,s National Assembly passed a provisional constitutional amendment, extending deputies, terms in office from June 2006 until February 2007. President Abdoulaye Wade, whose goal was to delay legislative elections in order to couple them with the presidenti [...]
2005-12-23 13:53:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM SG
05DAKAR3185SENEGAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT: GREAT HARVEST DOES NOT
[...] SUMMARY: Quarterly Ministry of Finance statistics for the last trimester confirm that the strongest contributors to economic growth continue to be government capital investments and remittance-fueled consumer spending. The banking sector,s contribution to facilitating formal sector capital i [...]
2005-12-23 15:06:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR ETRD EFIN EINV SG
05DAKAR3208JOURNALIST ACCUSES PRESIDENT WADE OF MURDER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent book entitled "The Judge Seye Affair: A Contract Killing," journalist Abdou Latif Coulibaly accuses President Wade of instigating the assassination of Supreme Court Judge Babacar Seye. Pape Ibrahima Diakhate, Assane Diop and Cledor Sene, shot Judge Seye on May 15, 19 [...]
2005-12-28 17:09:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SG
05DAKAR3213SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is on the verge of entering a year-long election campaign leading up to the 2007 elections. The Senegalese are proud to be a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the U [...]
2005-12-29 12:57:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KMCA KPKO SG
05MADRID1727SPANISH POLICE REPORT 16 ARRESTS FOR TRAFFICKING
[...] All major Spanish dailies are reporting that Spanish National Police (SNP) authorities in the Canary Islands announced May 5 that 16 people from Spain and Cape Verde had been arrested on suspicion of trafficking children from the Cape Verde Islands through the Canary Islands to France. The S [...]
2005-05-06 09:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SP FR GA CV SG PO
05PARIS439FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the last two years, France's Africa policy has, of necessity, been focused on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Two years after France hosted the Linas-Marcoussis and Kleb [...]
2005-01-25 13:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR
06ABUJA1605ABUJA APPROVES RESEARCH PROJECT NO. AI069919 01
[...] The U.S. Mission Abuja appreciates the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) patience concerning the Mission's reply to ref proposed research project. 2. The U.S. Mission Abuja has reviewed ref proposed NIH Research Project No. AI069919 01 -- to be carried out in part in Nigeria. The Missi [...]
2006-06-26 16:27:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA BN IV GA ML NI SG
06ABUJA2100DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-15 10:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PTER SG UNSC IS LE
06BANJUL121THE GAMBIA: RAPPROCHEMENT WITH SENEGAL CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Judging from reported official Senegalese/Gambian contacts of late, the two countries' rapprochement process following their August/October 2005 crisis over transport and border issues continues to advance (ref a provides background on the crisis). Building on Gambian President Jammeh's [...]
2006-02-27 17:55:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ELTN EWWT GA SG
06BANJUL171THE GAMBIA: CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGALESE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 12:43:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS GA SG
06BANJUL172THE GAMBIA: CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGALESE ON
[...] (U) Amidst reported clashes between the Bissau-Guinean military and Casamance MFDC rebels (reftel),a Senegalese delegation visited The Gambia March 17 and met with President Yayha Jammeh to discuss the Casamance situation. The delegation was headed by Pierre Kujabi, identified as an architec [...]
2006-03-20 12:53:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS GA SG
06BANJUL209LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM GAMBIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) On April 5, 2006, Embassy received a letter, dated March 29, 2006, from Gambian President Jammeh to President Bush alleging the Senegalese Government's support for the recent abortive coup d'tat in The Gambia (ref a). Post will provide the text in this cable and forward the original to Wa [...]
2006-04-05 16:39:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS OPDC GA SG
06BANJUL212THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON AFTERMATH OF
[...] (C) In April 6 meeting with senior presidential adviser, Secretary General Njie, Ambassador reiterated our concern SIPDIS over reports of detainees' mistreatment, detention of National Assembly Speaker and others, and private newspaper's closure in connection with the recent aborted coup at [...]
2006-04-06 17:34:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL222THE GAMBIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOWING FOILED
[...] (C) President Jammeh continues his efforts to demonstrate that he remains in charge and that the public is rallying around him, while opposition parties issued a statement April 9 expressing doubt about the GOTG's capacity to "manage the apparent crisis." There are signs of disarray at the N [...]
2006-04-10 17:19:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL225THE GAMBIA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON DETAINEES
[...] (C) Ambassador met April 13 with Foreign Minister's deputy, William Joof, to reiterate our concern over authorities' reported abuses following the March 21 aborted coup plot and to reiterate our request for prompt access to detained American citizen (dual national) Tamsir Jasseh (ref a). (NOTE [...]
2006-04-13 13:22:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPROG PREL PHUM PINS CASC ASEC KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL227THE GAMBIA; VISIT BY SENEGALESE FORMIN
[...] (SBU) Senegalese Formin Cheikh Tidiane Gadio visited Banjul April 12 and met with President Jammeh, telling the press afterward that he had brought a message of "solidarity" from President Wade to Jammeh following the coup plot thwarted here March 21 (refs a and b). Gadio took the occasion t [...]
2006-04-13 15:37:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS GA SG
06BANJUL230THE GAMBIA: GROWING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL OVER
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 10. SUMMARY 2. (C) GOTG convoked diplomatic corps April 13 to protest GOS' alleged failure to cooperate with the Gambians' investigation into the coup plot thwarted March 21 as well. In a well-worn GOTG accusation, Gambian officials alleged that [...]
2006-04-14 14:25:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS GA SG
06BANJUL233THE GAMBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER REMOVED,
[...] (C) The National Assembly Speaker, Sheriff Dibba, suspected of involvement in the failed coup plot, was released from detention April 15, but removed from the National Assembly by President Jammeh. A senior National Intelligence Agency official, Keemo Balajo, was also released and his job res [...]
2006-04-18 14:07:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL24THE GAMBIA: READOUT ON CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGAL
[...] (C) Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Taal provided upbeat readout on the December 28-29 session of the Senegalese/Gambian Joint Consultative Committee (JCC),explaining the decision to place the Gambia River bridge project under the auspices of the "Gambia River Basin Development Organizati [...]
2006-01-11 17:27:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ELTN EWWT SG GA
06BANJUL249THE GAMBIA: MORE DETAINEES RELEASED, OTHER
[...] (C) The General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, "Independent," are among detainees released April 20 and ostensibly cleared of involvement in the aborted coup plot March 21. Ambassador met April 21 with Interior Minister Jatta and pressed again for access to Amcit detainee and for [...]
2006-04-21 16:11:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL250THE GAMBIA: REPORTED MFDC CLASHES NEAR GAMBIAN
[...] (C) During April 21 discussion with Ambassador, Interior Minister Baboucar Jatta took an urgent phone call from his Inspector General of Police. Afterward, Jatta said the Inspector General had reported acts of violence near The Gambia's border with the Casamance region, involving forces of di [...]
2006-04-21 17:13:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SG GA
06BANJUL252THE GAMBIA: FURTHER DEMARCHE ON ACCESS TO AMCIT,
[...] (C) Ambassador met April 24 with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof and repeated previous requests for SIPDIS access to Amcit Tamsir Jasseh, detained for suspected involvement in the March 21 aborted coup plot (ref a). Ambassador stressed dismay at the delay in our obtaining a [...]
2006-04-24 17:30:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL253THE GAMBIA: FURTHER REPORT OF FIGHTING NEAR
[...] (SBU) Reftel contains GOTG report of April 21 outbreak of violence, possibly involving forces of dissident MFDC commander Salif Sadio, in the Casamance region near the border with The Gambia. Subsequently, on April 25, a knowledgeable source, present in the Gambian village of Ndemba Jola, loca [...]
2006-04-25 16:58:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS PREF SG GA
06BANJUL259THE GAMBIA: MORE ON REPORTED FIGHTING NEAR GAMBIAN
[...] (SBU) In April 26 conversation, Ambassador asked Interior Minister Baboucar Jatta about situation along The Gambia's border with Senegal's Casamance region, following recent reports of fighting -- most recently during night of April 24-25 -- in that area, involving forces of dissident MFDC com [...]
2006-04-26 17:50:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS PREF CASC SG GA
06BANJUL273THE GAMBIA: SUSPECTS IN COUP PLOT CHARGED,
[...] (C) Seventeen suspects in the failed coup plot are finally charged, as the GOTG continues to press the GOS for access to the plot's ringleader. END SUMMARY DETAINEES CHARGED ------------------ 2. (U) On April 28, 17 detainees suspected of involvement in the coup plot thwarted here Marc [...]
2006-05-03 11:48:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PHUM GA SG
06BANJUL317THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL
[...] (C) In May 18 conversation with senior Presidential adviser, Secretary General Mambury Njie, Ambassador asked for an update on the Gambian/Senegalese relationship. Njie responded that ties remained strained, saying the GOTG continued to harbor suspicions of GOS involvement in the coup plot th [...]
2006-05-18 15:56:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SG GA
06BANJUL329THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMAR [...]
2006-05-23 18:23:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL332THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]
2006-05-24 10:27:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL333THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]
2006-05-24 10:27:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL366THE GAMBIA: RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S REQUEST
[...] (C) In recent discussion with Ambassador, the senior Presidential adviser, Secretary General Mambury Njie and Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof, raised the GOTG's previous request that the U.S. press Senegal to cooperate with the Gambians' investigation into the aborted coup att [...]
2006-06-09 16:09:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SG GA
06BANJUL394THE GAMBIA: VISIT BY SENEGALESE PRESIDENT WADE
[...] (U) On June 19, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade made a two-hour visit to Banjul, meeting with his Gambian counterpart, President Yahya Jammeh. In media remarks afterward, Wade indicated that he had come with a two-fold mission: to ascertain what assistance the GOS might provide the GOTG i [...]
2006-06-20 13:49:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AU GA SG
06BANJUL436THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S PITCH TO UNSYG ANNAN ON
[...] (C) In conversation with Ambassador, UN Development Program Resident Representative Fadzai Gwaradzimba (protect) mentioned UNSYG Annan's meeting with President Jammeh on the margins of the July 1-2 African Union Summit here. The UNDP rep, who attended the meeting, confided that Jammeh had used [...]
2006-07-10 16:09:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SG GA
06BANJUL451THE GAMBIA: IMPROVED TENOR OF RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (C) In July 14 discussion with Ambassador, recently-arrived Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall spoke of an improved tenor of late in the Gambian/Senegalese relationship and cited as illustrative Senegalese President Wade's June 19 visit to Banjul (ref a) and his subsequent attendance at the Ju [...]
2006-07-15 12:26:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SG GA
06BANJUL526REFUGEES FROM SENEGAL'S CASAMANCE REGION STREAMING
[...] (C) As reported in ref A, the fighting that erupted between Senegal's military and MFDC rebels in Senegal's Casamance region has resulted in a large influx of refugees into The Gambia. According to our sources, the estimated number of refugees ranges from 2500 to 4500, with the latter being m [...]
2006-08-23 17:18:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU PREL GA
06BANJUL574THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL
[...] (C) In September 15 discussion, Senegalese Ambassador Fall cited the improved tenor in Senegalese/Gambian ties in recent months, expressed certainty that Gambian President Jammeh would win re-election September 22 by a comfortable margin, and knocked down rumors of close ties between Senegalese [...]
2006-09-16 10:33:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS PINS SG GA
06BANJUL695THE GAMBIA: ONGOING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL
[...] (C) Senegalese Ambassador Fall noted heightened Sengalese/Gambian strains due to GOTG's support for dissident Casamance rebel MFDC leader Salif Sadio, coupled with Gambian actions against pro-conciliation MFDC elements such as Magne Dieme. Fall said Senegalese armed forces chief would visit h [...]
2006-11-09 15:30:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PINS SG GA
06BANJUL708THE GAMBIA: SENEGALESE VISITORS, JAMMEH'S
[...] (C) President Jammeh used high-level Senegalese visits to deny -- unconvincingly -- meddling in the Casamance and profess his commitment to good ties with Senegal. Senegalese Chief of Defense Staff spoke of plans to conclude a MOU with the Gambian military to strengthen cooperation via, inter [...]
2006-11-20 18:32:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS GA SG
06BANJUL761THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT JAMMEH'S INAUGURATION
[...] (C) The December 15 inauguration of President Jammeh's third term featured pomp and ceremony, and the bombastic leader used the occasion to portray The Gambia as a future "economic superpower," while also requesting Gambians' "forgiveness." Four African heads of state (Nigeria, Togo, Mauritan [...]
2006-12-20 15:15:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMCA GA IR SG
06DAKAR1004GUINEA-BISSAU: BORDER CALMING DOWN FOR NOW
[...] (U) Fighting in northern Guinea-Bissau has mostly ended with all rebel bases overrun by the Bissau-Guinean military. A new wave of displaced flooded into isolated Susana during the final push, but others have begun returning home to Sao Domingos, where life is returning to normal. The World F [...]
2006-04-26 16:47:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINS EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PU SG
06DAKAR1005CASAMANCE: CHIEF REBEL STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED
[...] (SBU) Beginning in mid-March the Bissau-Guinean military lent a helping hand to Senegal, putting into execution its threat to cleanse the border area of Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) recalcitrant Salif Sadio and his supporters. Bissau- Guinean troops have succeeded in [...]
2006-04-26 17:26:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PINS PGOV PREL PU SG
06DAKAR1011WADE'S ELECTORAL PROSPECTS UNSURE IN EAST AND SOUTH
[...] (C) Ten months before presidential and parliamentary elections, there is broad disenchantment with President Wade in Senegal's East and South. Were the election held now, he would likely lose in sparsely populated Tambacounda Region. In Kolda and Ziguinchor, he needs to discipline his ruling [...]
2006-04-26 18:39:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SG
06DAKAR1021SUDAN: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR NATO ASSISTANCE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-27 15:57:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PKPO SU SG
06DAKAR1034SENEGAL: COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING ON
[...] DELETE THIS MESSAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED MCN'S NEW MESSAGE SENT OUT WITH NEW MCN AND NEW DTG. DAKAR 00001034 002.4 OF 002 ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR ZFR Â [...]
2006-04-28 11:26:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR CVIS KCRM KISL EAIR UN PU SG
06DAKAR1039SENEGAL: COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 27 G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Dakar focused as much on narcotics as it did on ideological radicalization. DCM drew on Ref A talking points and briefed the CTAG on counter-terrorism training that we have conducted in 2006. DCM noted that we are [...]
2006-05-02 10:16:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR CVIS KCRM KISL EAIR UN PU SG
06DAKAR1086TRAVEL, DARFUR, MCA AND U.S. ASSISTANCE ON WADE'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade asked the Ambassador to meet with him on May 4. The 30-minute meeting covered his upcoming trip to the United States, France and Switzerland; a potential official trip later this year to meet with President Bush and to sign the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) C [...]
2006-05-08 15:52:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EAID KMCA PHUM SG
06DAKAR1100WHAT DID SENEGALESE DO BEFORE THEY HAD CANDLES?;
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The latest political joke making the rounds in Dakar these days is: "What did Senegalese do before they had candles? ... They had electricity." Unfortunately, Senegal's chronic electricity shortages are no laughing matter and continue to have adverse economic, social and politi [...]
2006-05-10 08:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EPET SG
06DAKAR1149THERE'S TALK OF ANOTHER ELECTION POSTPONEMENT, BUT
[...] (C) Some in the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) say poor logistics will require technical postponement of the February presidential and parliamentary elections to June 2007, past expiration of Wade's constitutional term. We have told them we would find that unacceptable. The opposit [...]
2006-05-15 15:33:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1169INFANTICIDE IN SENEGAL
[...] (U) Senegalese are appalled at increasing media reports of infanticide. Though the practice seems to be limited, actual statistics are shaky. Factors which might lead parents to resort to the practice include poverty, emigration of the father, incest, the Islamic practices of polygamy and e [...]
2006-05-17 11:31:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI SG
06DAKAR1204PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON MCA, ELECTIONS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Prime Minister Macky Sall to discuss the status of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan (PRSP) and election preparations. The Prime Minister stressed that the MCA Compact is the GOS, highest prio [...]
2006-05-18 17:04:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALEAID PINR PINS PREL KMCA KHDP SG
06DAKAR1205FOUR HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL ARRESTS IN SENEGAL
[...] (U) In the past two months, there have been a series of high profile arrests of political figures. Labor leader Ibrahima Sene (Reftel),Amath Dansokho, Secretary General of the Labor Party (PIT),Jean Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and Pape Diouf, Mayor of the City of Bambey, [...]
2006-05-18 18:44:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS KJUS SG
06DAKAR1246SENEGAL ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 13:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KUNR OPDC UN SG
06DAKAR1256DEMARCHES TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM AND IRAN IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 17:08:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KUNR UNSC UNGA IR SG
06DAKAR1268PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL REPRESENTS WATERSHED IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 2, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade convened an extraordinary Presidential Council to review the status of Senegal's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. Prime Minister Macky Sall, most Ministers, heads of major independent agencies, representatives of mult [...]
2006-05-30 15:53:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EIND KMCA SOCI SG
06DAKAR1270SENEGAL'S ACCELERATED GROWTH STRATEGY (AGS) AND
[...] (SBU) The Minister of Finance met with the donors to update them on the development of Senegal's Accelerated Growth Strategy (AGS) on March 22. The Government intends to finalize and implement the strategy on July 1, but donors have not heard what changes have been made over the last two mon [...]
2006-05-30 16:24:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR SG
06DAKAR1280THE CORNICHE HEMMED: WILL VOTERS SWALLOW WADE'S
[...] (U) Two of three major roads leading through the Dakar peninsula and downtown are closed by construction. Using Kuwaiti funds for the next Islamic summit and on short notice, President Wade on May 10 began tunnel projects and road widening on the well-known Corniche, redirected traffic to al [...]
2006-05-31 13:43:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN PGOV ECON PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1292AN INCIDENT OF PRE-ELECTORAL POLITICAL VIOLENCE
[...] (U) On May 28, in Prime Minister Macky Sall's hometown of Fatick, the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) youth movement mixed it up with followers of Serigne Mamoune Niasse, the partially blind marabout from nearby Kaolack who is backing ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck's presidential cam [...]
2006-06-01 12:08:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PHUM KDEM SG
06DAKAR1299SENEGALESE REACTION TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) On June 1, the Ambassador and DCM called on President Wade to deliver Ref A points orally, leaving him a copy of the transcript of the Secretary,s press conference. The Ambassador reminded Wade that they had discussed his planned visit to Iran when the Ambassador presented her credentials [...]
2006-06-01 14:27:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH IR SG
06DAKAR1306WADE SEEKS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH JAMMEH
[...] (C) During the Ambassador,s June 1 meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade to discuss Iran (Ref A),he also raised relations with The Gambia (Ref B). Wade declared that he has no intention of taking over The Gambia; on the contrary, Senegal seeks good relations. He said he would like the Unit [...]
2006-06-01 16:32:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GA SG
06DAKAR1307EMBASSY DAKAR WORKSHOP ON IPR UNITES PLAYERS AND
[...] On May 24, the Embassy hosted a workshop on intellectual property rights (IPR),which attracted an audience of nearly 50 people, including actors, musicians, authors, designers, screen-writers, union representatives, business owners, gendarmes, customs officers and other GOS officials. The A [...]
2006-06-01 16:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR EIND ECON SCUL PGOV KPAO SG
06DAKAR133AN INAUSPICIOUS START FOR THE 2007 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Every party involved with the 2007 legislative and presidential elections faces serious obstacles. President Wade is so concerned with ensuring a solid win that he is exploring ways to change Senegal,s electoral system and has approached former Prime Minister Seck,s camp, looking for a [...]
2006-01-19 16:39:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SG
06DAKAR1427 IS SENEGAL'S DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS AT RISK?
[...] (SBU) There is deep-rooted Senegalese consensus in favor of freedom of expression, rule of law, respect of national institutions, conformity to parliamentary or executive rules or custom, civilian control of security forces, the desirability of dialog between authorities and opposition, and [...]
2006-06-15 14:10:00Embassy DakarSECRETPGOV PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR154GUINEA-BISSAU: THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON, BUT WHERE'S
[...] (C) The Vieira/Aristides Gomes Government continues to develop its program, and neither the Popular National Assembly (ANP) nor the Supreme Court seems anxious to bring the Government down. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) continues to argue for [...]
2006-01-23 14:05:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PREL KDEM BR FR GV SG PU
06DAKAR1553 COUNTRY TEAM AID PROPOSALS FOR CASAMANCE
[...] (C) The Country Team met June 14 to discuss ways to move the Casamance peace process forward. We raised two central questions. First was whether the Senegalese Government and MFDC rebel movement have sufficient political will to resolve the conflict. Second was whether USG money could mak [...]
2006-06-30 12:28:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PINS SG
06DAKAR1554 MOODY RIVER: WADE'S STANDING IN THE NORTH
[...] (SBU) We traveled along the Senegal River Valley, from the dust-ugly but sugar-prosperous city of Richard Toll; to opposition fief Podor, which President Wade is contesting by building public works; and to a poverty- distraught Matam that is asking what Wade has done for it lately. We visit [...]
2006-06-30 12:29:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SOCI ECON PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1586NGO ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SENEGAL:
[...] (C) NGOs describe Senegal as being at one of the most vulnerable points in its post-independence history in terms of fundamental freedoms of expression, movement and association. RADDHO, a prominent local human rights organization, points to judicial independence as the key issue facing Sen [...]
2006-07-05 16:53:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR1587CEREMONY MARKS SIGNING OF 2005 TIP GRANTS AND
[...] Ambassador Jacobs presided over a ceremony to mark the signing of eight grants to GOS offices and NGOs actively involved in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP). The event also brought together key member of the anti-TIP community to note release of the annual TIP Report, as well as recogniz [...]
2006-07-05 17:52:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR1588SENEGAL'S BOAT PEOPLE: MORE ORGANIZED AND HEADING
[...] (U) The saga of Senegal's "boat people" continues, with reports of involvement by organized crime. With Europe grappling with the problem and tightening borders, Senegalese are talking about boats now being built to carry migrants to the United States. END SUMMARY. ORGANIZED CRIME ------ [...]
2006-07-05 18:06:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG SOCI ECON PREL KCRM CV SP SG
06DAKAR160REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY
[...] (SBU) On January 23, EmbOff delivered reftel points and supporting documents to senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials. 2. (C) On January 20, Senegalese Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development Mamadou Sidibe sought out Charge just before the cabinet and the diplomatic corps [...]
2006-01-23 17:58:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC KNNP IR SG
06DAKAR1608PRESIDENT WADE AGREES TO PUT HISSENE HABRE ON
[...] (C) The African Union (AU) has asked Senegal to adjudicate the case of former Chadian leader Hissene Habre. President Wade has agreed, although under certain conditions. Human Rights Watch, the most vocal advocate of Habre's alleged victims, is optimistic, but is urging the international com [...]
2006-07-06 15:49:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM CD SG
06DAKAR1674SENEGAL'S OPPOSITION PUT TO THE TEST
[...] (SBU) The opposition, already fractured, has been put to the test in recent weeks. On June 30, the terms of office for Senegalese deputies should have ended, but the National Assembly remains in session thanks to a 2005 act extending the terms by eight months (Ref A). Despite debate within t [...]
2006-07-12 18:21:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KFRD EFIS SG
06DAKAR1703SENEGAL-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED
[...] SUMMARY: Government of Senegal (GOS) and European Union (EU) representatives, after three rounds of negotiations, failed to agree on the new terms of the bilateral Senegal-EU fishing agreement. As a result, on June 30 at midnight, the Senegal-EU Fishing Agreement expired and the last of the [...]
2006-07-17 07:38:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV FAO AORC EAGR SG
06DAKAR1721SEEKING TRANSFORMATIONAL PRESSURE POINTS IN THE
[...] (C) Ref A sums up interagency talks on Senegal's 2007 elections and suggests "engaging ... Muslim Brotherhoods ... to ensure peaceful, fair and free elections." Our first reaction was that this would be a delicate exercise, given our focus on promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue, doctrinal m [...]
2006-07-18 08:45:00Embassy DakarSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL SG
06DAKAR1740SENEGAL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH: IS THE WINDOW OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal,s real GDP growth for 2006 is likely to fall short of earlier expectations. Production in key export sectors is down; fish, phosphate and peanut exports all face difficulties, and indications are that industrial sector output is below projected levels. According to loc [...]
2006-07-19 17:38:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID ENRG SG
06DAKAR1746SENEGAL PLANS TO TACKLE ONGOING ENERGY CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) recently hosted a three-day workshop in the coastal town of Saly to diagnose the current energy crisis in the wake of the ongoing world market price increases that continue to negatively affect the Senegalese economy. The workshop featured energy [...]
2006-07-20 13:45:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALENRG EAID ECON EPET SG CH VE IR
06DAKAR1759SENEGAL'S IRAN PROPOSAL
[...] (C) President Wade asked to meet with me July 21 to follow up on earlier discussions regarding the situation in Iran. He indicated his primary objective in getting involved is to help avoid a military strike against Iran. He is willing to support stepped up economic sanctions, visa restrict [...]
2006-07-21 16:13:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP IR SG
06DAKAR1760TFLE01: PRESIDENT WADE CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE;
[...] (C) On July 21, when the Ambassador met with President Wade, he called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza. The previous day, Senegal's Lebanese community organized a protest against Israel,s attack on Hezbollah. Cheikh Monein al Zein, leader of the small Shia commun [...]
2006-07-21 17:00:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC MOPS PREL LE IS SG
06DAKAR1761HUMAN RIGHTS IN SENEGAL: MID-YEAR REVIEW
[...] We recently invited key human rights activists to a luncheon seminar to review rights violations and concerns in the past year. About 40 people attended, representing key Senegalese NGOs specializing in freedom of speech, children and women's rights, TIP (trafficking in persons),transparenc [...]
2006-07-21 17:24:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI SG
06DAKAR1774MOURIDE KHALIF BANS POLITICS IN TOUBA
[...] (SBU) The Mouride Khalif has banned campaigning in his brotherhood's capital. As Senegal's fastest growing city, with at least half 800,000 souls, Touba looked to become a political battleground for 2007 elections. The holy city by tradition has no polling station, and was considered politi [...]
2006-07-25 10:48:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL SG
06DAKAR1780IMPOSTERS CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT U.S. REFUGEE TRAVEL
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, airlines in Dakar continue to see genuine Refugee Travel Documents (I-571) issued to imposters. In the past three months, Senegalese immigration officials seized five Refugee Travel Documents from travelers denied boarding by South African Airways (SAA) because they appeare [...]
2006-07-25 12:22:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
06DAKAR1787SENEGAL,S MCA TEAM HOSTS CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM; MCC
[...] (C) Summary: On July 10, the Government of Senegal,s (GOS) &Agence pour la Mise en Oeuvre du Plateforme de Diamniadio8 (AMPMD),brought together representatives from civil society, the private sector, local government and donors to discuss Senegal,s compact development to date, solicit feedba [...]
2006-07-25 16:23:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM ECON KDEM KMCA SG
06DAKAR1789SENEGALESE-GAMBIAN RELATIONS ARE GOOD, BUT IS THE
[...] (U) Following his July 22 meeting with Gambian President Yaya Jammeh in Banjul, Prime Minister Macky Sall told the press that Jammeh had agreed to support the Casamance peace process. 2. (C) Sall,s trip came shortly after President Abdoulaye Wade,s visit to The Gambia for the African Unio [...]
2006-07-25 17:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS GA SG
06DAKAR181SECK CASE: DOES WADE NOW FEAR A TRIAL?
[...] (C) Six months after his arrest, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck is still in pre-trial detention. However, on January 24, the Government acted on a judge,s recommendation to drop the most serious charge against Seck, that of being a threat to national security. This could pave the way for [...]
2006-01-25 17:43:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG
06DAKAR1845FRUSTRATED BY SLOW PACE OF MCA AND OTHER
[...] (U) On July 27, President Abdoualye Wade held a press conference at which he confirmed his candidacy for the February 2007 presidential election, announced that he expects to sign the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact in Washington in September, and highlighted his frustration with W [...]
2006-08-01 15:01:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV KMCA SG
06DAKAR1846AMBASSADOR'S JULY 28 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 28, the Ambassador, Senior Regional Commercial Officer and Agricultural Attache called on Minister of Commerce Decroix to discuss the Doha Round, AGOA, U.S. assistance to Senegal's cotton farmers, possible Sri Lankan investment in the textile industry, and franchising. [...]
2006-08-01 15:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EAID EINV SG
06DAKAR185SENEGAL ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR FEBRUARY 2007, BUT
[...] On January 24, the prosecution dropped for lack of evidence "the threat to national security and defense" charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck (Ref A) and his co-defendants: Hassan Fares, Mbaye Coulibaly, Sandrine Fares, Sandrine Madec, El Hadji Ndary Gueye and Coumba Ngouye Thi [...]
2006-01-26 07:34:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG
06DAKAR185461ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) Format is keyed to reftel. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal -- President Wade will travel to New York following the G-77 and G-15 meetings in Havana. -- Mrs. Viviane Wade will travel to New York with her spouse. -- W [...]
2006-08-02 13:31:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP UNGA SG
06DAKAR1857TFLE01: MORE PEACEFUL PROTESTS; WADE CALLS FOR
[...] SUMMARY: President Wade reiterated his call for an immediate Middle East ceasefire. Almost 450 Senegalese have now fled Lebanon, with Morocco and France evacuating more than half. Senegalese, Bissau-Guineans and Lebanese in Bissau and Dakar staged peaceful demonstrations on July 31 and Augu [...]
2006-08-03 07:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PREL CASC ASEC MOPS LE IS PU SG
06DAKAR1863WADE GOING TO DARFUR AND KHARTOUM
[...] (C) On August 2, Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio told diplomats that President Abdoulaye Wade will travel to Sudan, August 4-7. During his visit, he will travel to Darfur to meet with Senegalese peacekeepers. On August 6, he is scheduled to meet Sudanese President Uma [...]
2006-08-03 16:32:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU SG
06DAKAR1878TFLE01: SWASTIKAS IN DAKAR'S MAIN SQUARE
[...] (U) On August 3, Senegal's Lebanese community staged another peaceful protest, erecting a memorial of sorts in Dakar's main square, Place de l'Independence. The memorial includes American and Israeli flags with reversed swastikas, as well as signs saying "Israeli and American assassins" belo [...]
2006-08-04 12:31:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PINS PREL CASC SG LE IS
06DAKAR1892AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE BRIDGE
[...] During a recent visit to Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced the Bank's plans to provide financial support for the construction of a bridge at Rosso, on the Senegal River, which will link Senegal and Mauritania. The project of building a bridge over [...]
2006-08-07 18:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO BEXP ECIN EAID SG MR
06DAKAR1897SENEGAL REACTS TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON
[...] (C) Since the Ambassador and Minister of Commerce Mamadou Diop Decroix were chairing a follow-up to the Fifth African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum, DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo on August 8. Ambassador Diallo repeated Senegal's call for [...]
2006-08-08 12:42:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN LE IS SG
06DAKAR1903SUDAN SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE IN DAKAR ON AUGUST 9
[...] (U) President Abdoulaye Wade has invited the Presidents of Sudan, Chad, Gabon and Tanzania, as well as the leaders of the Darfur rebel groups that did not sign the Abuja Darfur peace agreement (DPA) to Dakar for an August 9 summit. The ostensible aim is to achieve a lasting peace in Darfur an [...]
2006-08-08 14:23:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO CD IR SU SG
06DAKAR1914SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 16:20:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PNS KPKO SU CD SG
06DAKAR1918SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 11:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO SU CD SG
06DAKAR1919SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 11:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS SU CD SG
06DAKAR1920SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 11:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS SU CD SG
06DAKAR1932THE CASAMANCE: ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND POLITICAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador visited the Casamance from August 2 through 5 to assess the peace process and the impact of USG development assistance to the region. After several failed attempts to initiate meaningful negotiations, the Casamance continues to hover in the realm of "no war, no peace." Rat [...]
2006-08-11 10:56:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM EAID SG
06DAKAR1937SENEGAL ON PROPOSED UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. (C) On August 10, DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Ambassador Claude Absa Diallo and Ambassador Mankeur Ndiaye, the Secretary General and Director of Cabinet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively. PolOff separately made the [...]
2006-08-11 13:39:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS PREL UN IS LE SG
06DAKAR1940AMBASSADOR SIGNS USTDA GRANT FOR FEASIBILITY
[...] On August 1, Senegalese Minister of Energy and Mines Madicke Niang and Ambassador Jacobs presided over a signing ceremony formalizing a USD 314,000 feasibility study grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to the Direction of Mining to assess the costs of transporting mined p [...]
2006-08-11 16:16:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EMIN SG
06DAKAR1970SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) has selected the textile and apparel sector as a strategic growth sector for its Accelerated Growth Strategy. Although Senegalese companies continue to have limited, domestic production of cloth and finished apparel, companies are making noticeable ef [...]
2006-08-17 08:37:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON SG
06DAKAR2000SENEGAL'S JUDICIARY SHAKEN BY CORRUPTION SCANDAL
[...] (U) After protracted, heated debate about the extent of corruption in Senegal, a scandal involving one of the most senior judges has come to light. An investigation launched by the Inspector General for the Judiciary (IGAJ) led to early retirement or transfers of the judges involved and pros [...]
2006-08-21 10:42:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM KJUS SG
06DAKAR2001MORE CANDIDACIES AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS IN
[...] (C) President Wade made official his intent to run for the presidency in 2007, as did Ousmane Kane, an international lawyer residing in New York, and Landing Savane, head of the AJ/PADS party. The Interior Ministry said that more than 75 percent of the cards have been produced for those who h [...]
2006-08-21 10:46:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SG
06DAKAR2011PROMINENT SENEGALESE MUSLIM LEADER REQUESTS USG
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 11 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has received a USD 1.3 million request for financial support from prominent Senegalese Islamic leader Cheikh Hassan Cisse, to expand the broadcast capability of his community radio station, Medina Baye FM, af [...]
2006-08-21 14:00:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EAID PHUM SENV SOCI KPAO SG
06DAKAR2012CASAMANCE: THE 2004 TRUCE HAS ENDED
[...] (C) The December 30, 2004 truce that many Senegalese hoped would mark the end of a two-decade conflict has ended. Arguing that Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) factional fighting has created a situation in which the Senegalese Armed Forces (SAF) must intervene to re-estab [...]
2006-08-21 14:18:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU GA
06DAKAR2030DIAS FATHER AND SON ARRESTED, QUESTIONED ABOUT
[...] (U) Jean-Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and his son, Barthelemy, leader of the "Socialist Vision" movement within the Socialist Party (PS),were both arrested last week in an unusual display of force. Jean-Paul Dias was detained in Rebeuss Prison until his health failed, at wh [...]
2006-08-22 18:22:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM CASC PINS KJUS SG
06DAKAR2062POSSIBLE FRAUD RING FOR SHAM MARRIAGES
[...] (SBU) Post's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) suspects that Mishel M. Kamara, a tax preparer in Maryland, may be arranging sham marriages between low income Amcits and Sierra Leoneans solely for the purpose of illegal immigration. Kamara works for MMK Tax Services LLC, 9420 Annapolis RS, Suite 202 [...]
2006-08-28 11:25:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD SG
06DAKAR2065POSSIBLE FRAUD RING FOR SHAM MARRIAGES
[...] (SBU) Post's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) suspects that Mishel M. Kamara, a tax preparer in Maryland, may be arranging sham marriages between low income Amcits and Sierra Leoneans solely for the purpose of illegal immigration. Kamara works for MMK Tax Services LLC, 9420 Annapolis RS, Suite 202 [...]
2006-08-28 12:52:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD SG
06DAKAR2091REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR GAMBIAN REFUGEE SIDI M. SANNEH
[...] (C) Embassy Dakar requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. Resettlement Program on behalf of Gambian refugee Sidi M. Sanneh and his wife and daughter, who took refuge in Dakar in 2006. Sanneh has presented evidence of persecution based on his position as former Secretary for [...]
2006-08-31 11:10:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM GA SG
06DAKAR2093REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR SIERRA LEONE REFUGEE JOSEPH
[...] (C) Embassy Dakar requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. Resettlement Program on behalf of Sierra Leone refugee Joseph F.M. Sankoh, who took refuge in Dakar in March 2006. He, his wife and otehr family members previously took refuge in Guinea in 1997. The family joined him [...]
2006-08-31 11:53:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM SL GV SG
06DAKAR2114SENEGAL LIFTS SAFEGUARD MEASURE FOR WAEMU OIL IMPORTS, BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to ongoing controversy surrounding Senegal's application of a safeguard measure in 2005, President Wade signed a revised law on July 21, 2006, applying a 25 percent provisional safeguard tax on refined and palm oils originating outside the West African Economic and Mon [...]
2006-09-01 16:50:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON PGOV EAID EINV IV MY SG
06DAKAR2115ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM SENEGAL: THE "TITANIC"
[...] (C) The supposedly U.S.-bound "Titanic" and its alleged twin (Ref B) have disappeared. According to the "Titanic's" builder, it was financed by a Lebanese businessman, (living near Soumbediounne Market (a large artisanal and fish market)) in Dakar, while a Spanish national had commissioned t [...]
2006-09-01 17:45:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM SMIG SOCI ECON PREL KCRM CV SP SG
06DAKAR2120RESOLVING SENEGAL'S EDUCATIONAL CRISIS
[...] (U) In the past year, Senegal,s public education system has been shaken by faculty and student unrest from the university level down. Though the violence that disrupted university campuses in the spring has mostly dissipated, current protests by middle and secondary-school teachers have had [...]
2006-09-05 12:12:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI ELAB ECON PHUM SG
06DAKAR2150DHRF PROGRAM FY2006 INTERIM REPORT
[...] Embassy Dakar's FY2005 Interim Report for Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) projects follows. The project selection committee recommended and the Ambassador approved four projects totaling USD 80,000, which is the entire amount of Post's FY2006 DHRF allocation. Post has signed agreement [...]
2006-09-07 12:53:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM SG
06DAKAR2185DRC ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT WADE REQUESTS U.S./EU
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 10:36:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL KPKO PGOV KDEM CG SG
06DAKAR2224DAKAR: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING
[...] (U) The DCM convened the EAC on September 13, 2006, to review mission security posture due to an increase in violence in the Casamance area and petty theft in Dakar. The EAC deemed the current security posture appropriate in Dakar. In light of recent banditry and rebel activity in the Casama [...]
2006-09-14 09:53:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC PINS AMGT SG
06DAKAR2243SUDAN'S PRESIDENT ASKS WADE TO CONTINUE HIS
[...] (U) En route to Cuba, President Omar Ahmed El Bashir of the Sudan made a brief stop in Dakar on September 14, when he thanked President Wade for his interest in the Sudan and asked him to continue efforts to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region. Bashir thanked Wade for having played a si [...]
2006-09-15 14:54:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SG SU
06DAKAR2245SENEGAL'S ENERGY CRISIS WORSENS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There seems to be no medium- or long-term strategy to Senegal's energy crisis. After a year of rancor, the relationship between GE/GTi Dakar and Senelec has further deteriorated, and both's debts are mounting. On September 16, GTi shut down because of a lack of fuel, and the [...]
2006-09-18 09:17:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG
06DAKAR2246GUINEA-BISSAU: RULE OF LAW RESOLVES TENSE SECURITY
[...] (C) Two military officers were arrested August 28 for plotting to murder the Armed Forces Chief but were subsequently released for lack of evidence. In a separate incident reflecting the army's inability to control national territory, a Senegalese Movement of the Casamance Democratic Forces [...]
2006-09-18 09:29:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PREL KISL MARR PU SG
06DAKAR2255PUSHING BUSH-DEBY MEETING, GOUDIABY SAYS THAT CHAD
[...] (C) On September 15, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, Counselor to Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and prominent architect, came to see the Ambassador and DCM. Goudiaby, who used to work for Mobutu Sese Seko, now has several construction projects in Chad and says that he has become a friend and un [...]
2006-09-18 16:11:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS EPET ENRG PINR CD CH SA SG
06DAKAR2271"RENTREE POLITIQUE 2006:" ARROGANCE, CALCULATION,
[...] (C) Senegalese are returning from vacation to warnings that social equilibrium is in peril. President Wade's fiercest critics slander him in turn as a ruthless, scheming tyrant or vainglorious doddering relic. The opposition is wallowing in hapless self-pity, and the more histrionic among t [...]
2006-09-19 16:11:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR2276WADE MEETS WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT AND OFFERS
[...] Before departing for the UNGA, President Wade met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in Dakar on September 13 and offered peacekeepers for the UN force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on September 14. Following the Iranian President,s visit, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade insisted that dial [...]
2006-09-19 17:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO IR LE SG
06DAKAR2307TARIQ RAMADAN ENCOURAGES SENEGALESE MUSLIMS TO
[...] (SBU) Tariq Ramadan, the Islamic scholar of Egyptian origin, gave a series of conferences to Islamic audiences in Senegal in August. His talks drew large audiences and enthusiastic press coverage, focused on his dual messages encouraging Muslims to take active part in politics but, at the sa [...]
2006-09-25 11:14:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KISL KDEM PINR SG
06DAKAR2364SENEGAL'S STRATEGY TO ADDRESS ITS ENERGY CRISIS
[...] (SBU) As we enter the ninth month of Senegal's energy crisis, the GOS and energy parastatals have outlined a number of steps that they hope will stabilize the situation. With presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007, there is widespread agreement among sector analysts that th [...]
2006-09-29 17:09:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG CH IR LY MO
06DAKAR2367"THE WADE FORMULA" - PRESIDENT WADE'S PROPOSES GLOBAL OIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 26, President Abdoulaye Wade convoked the Ambassador to discuss Senegal's MCC program and other large development plans and to present "The Wade Formula," the President's own vision of a new mechanism for fighting poverty in Africa by sharing a new global surcharge [...]
2006-10-02 07:50:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EAID ECON ETRD EINV SG
06DAKAR2460WESTERN OIL COMPANIES REDUCE HOLDINGS IN SENEGAL AS OTHER
[...] (SBU) Citing poor returns on investments, Exxon-Mobil officials have announced publicly the sale of its 300 service stations in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Cameroon, Kenya, and the island of Reunion to the Libyan firm Tamoil. At the same time, Royal Dutch Shell is quietly selling off the r [...]
2006-10-13 06:15:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA CH IR LY MO SG
06DAKAR2473AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - SENEGAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 12:38:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PHUM AGOA SG
06DAKAR2477SENEGAL: G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP FOCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 10 G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting focused on the recent wave of clandestine migrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands, rather than ideological extremism. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) both partici [...]
2006-10-13 13:56:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER SNAR CVIS SMIG KCRM KISL PU SG
06DAKAR2479FIXER, HATCHETMAN, JAILBIRD, STATESMAN: FOUR
[...] (C) Ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, Abdoulaye Wade's "spiritual son" and strategist until he fired and jailed him, is testing popular support for his presidential bid in a pre-campaign tour of the regions. We had no direct contact with Seck since April 2004, but in the last three weeks we ha [...]
2006-10-16 11:34:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ECON PINS PINR KDEM KMCA KHDP SG
06DAKAR249 UPDATE ON AFRICAN-MAURITANIANS IN SENEGAL
[...] (C) African-Mauritanian leaders in northern Senegal told visiting Ambassador Joseph LeBaron and Dakar Political Counselor January 24 and 25 that they want organized repatriation as a group under international auspices, and insist on restoration of Mauritanian citizenship and full recovery o [...]
2006-02-02 15:48:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MR SG
06DAKAR2503SENEGAL: FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR USITC STUDY ON
[...] SUMMARY: Senegal's financial sector is anchored by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),based in Dakar. The commercial banking sector is active, and relatively efficient, with a number of international banks using Dakar as their regional headquarters. Senegal has one of Africa's m [...]
2006-10-17 09:45:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN EINV SG
06DAKAR2507UNSC ELECTION: SENEGAL STILL SUPPORTING GUATEMALA;
[...] (C) On October 17, Charge called Senegalese Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo and requested that Senegal continue to support Guatemala in the contest for the Latin American Security Council seat. Ambassador Diallo assured Charge of continuing support and said that she would follow u [...]
2006-10-17 11:26:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GT VE SG PU
06DAKAR2571SENEGAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] (U) In response to Ref A request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. This expands upon information provided in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Senegal's textile industry produces limited volumes of domestic cloth and finished apparel. Despite being highlig [...]
2006-10-23 11:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KTEX EINV AGOA SG
06DAKAR2588LOOKING AT ELECTIONS AND OIL, UN SEES UNEMPLOYMENT AS
[...] (SBU) On October 19, the six UN special representatives (UNSRs) in West Africa gathered in Dakar for their eighth meeting under the chairmanship of Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for West Africa. They focused on Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea alt [...]
2006-10-26 08:42:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECIN EPET PINS SNAR SG
06DAKAR2597THE CASAMANCE: A SHRINKING REBELLION PRESENTS REAL
[...] (C) The Casamance rebellion has shrunk to a limited geographical area, with less public support, greater logistic difficulties and more constrained operational capabilities than at any time since war began. Deprived of a Guinea-Bissau base and under pressure from animist spiritual leaders to [...]
2006-10-26 15:29:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV EAID ECON PINR SG
06DAKAR2610SENEGALESE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT DOWN FOR THE COUNT
[...] (SBU) Although Senegalese women recently received the legal right to head households and to enjoy the relevant tax and insurance benefits, Senegal's women's movement is stagnating. In a system where the few women in national politics tend to spend more energy consolidating power than using i [...]
2006-10-30 09:35:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN KISL PINR SG
06DAKAR2612THE LOST BOYS OF BISSAU
[...] (U) During a recent adoption research trip to Guinea-Bissau, several contacts reported that young boys continue to be victims of child trafficking schemes. Children continue to be trafficked from Bissau to Senegal through networks of religious leaders (marabouts) and the GOGB has limited reso [...]
2006-10-30 10:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KOCI KFRD PU SG
06DAKAR2614SENEGAL'S DONORS GIVE IMF MISSION AN EARFUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26, a visiting IMF Mission, on its first day in Senegal for Article 4 consultations, invited key donors to present their view of Senegal's economic situation and the policy performance of the Wade Government. The donors highlighted many issues of concern, a number of [...]
2006-10-30 11:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV SG
06DAKAR2661DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FOURTH QUARTER FY2006
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the fourth quarter (July-September) of FY2006. Responses are keyed to Reftel A. 2.A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: No change since last quarterly report. B. NON-IMMIGRANT (NIV) FRAUD: No change since last quarterly report. C. IMM [...]
2006-11-03 07:21:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
06DAKAR268THE NEWEST ROUND OF CABINET "FINE-TUNING"
[...] (C) On February 1, President Wade made a "reamenagement technique" ("technical fine tuning") of the cabinet for political and economic reasons. Two ministers were ousted, two were promoted, and, in a nod to loyalists in the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) think tank, one of their own was b [...]
2006-02-06 07:43:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EAGR ETRD SG
06DAKAR2703SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR A/S HARTY
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in [...]
2006-11-08 18:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CMGT SMIG ECON EAID PGOV PREL KMCA SG
06DAKAR2717SENEGAL: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Counter-narcotics elements of the Senegalese government remain concerned about the production and trafficking of cannabis, and to a lesser degree, hashish. Increasingly, quantities of cocaine are being seized; heroin seizures are rare. Senegal's 2005 money laundering statute and the establish [...]
2006-11-13 08:29:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SG
06DAKAR2748STAFFDEL BRANEGAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Jay Branegan visited Dakar, November 2-3, 2006, to study the processes and procedures whereby the State and Defense Departments coordinate in embassies overseas, particularly in pursuing activities related to the Global War on Terro [...]
2006-11-15 16:52:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR ASEC OREP SG
06DAKAR2758 IMF MISSION DISAPPOINTS SENEGAL'S DONORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 8, an IMF Mission to Senegal for Article 4 consultations briefed the Ambassador and other members of Senegal's donor community on its impressions of Senegal's economic situation and performance and policy outlook for 2007. The team did not provide any new insights. [...]
2006-11-16 15:52:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SG
06DAKAR27802006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]
2006-11-21 10:46:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR27892006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]
2006-11-21 15:58:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR27962006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 15:24:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2876DAKAR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] (C) The following are responses to reftel information request. (a) Post's Senior Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO): Robert P. Jackson Deputy Chief of Mission Tel: (221) 823-4296 ext. 2410 Email: (Unclass system) jacksonrp@state.gov Email: (Class system) jacksorp@state.sgov.go [...]
2006-12-01 09:51:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PETER SG
06DAKAR2887 PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL TO BUILD CIGARETTE PLANT IN
[...] This is an action request for State Economic Bureau, Office of Trade Policy and Commerce, Office of Chief Counsel for International Commerce. See paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. Per Reftel, Post seeks guidance on Tobacco company Philip Morris International's (PMI) request for a letter o [...]
2006-12-04 08:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR BEXP ETRD EINV AMGT SG
06DAKAR2892LABORING UNDER A MISAPPREHENSION: UNIONS PREFER
[...] (C) Leaders of Senegal's splintered labor movement prefer dialog with the state, but workers demand action to protest worsening social conditions. A strike by secondary teachers may invalidate the school year, and their union may launch job actions "to remind government we are here." Energy [...]
2006-12-05 09:14:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR2926REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR GAMBIAN REFUGEE KHALIFA
[...] (C) Embassy Dakar requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. resettlement program on behalf of Gambian refugee Major Khalifa Bajinka, his wife and three children. Bajinka took refuge in Dakar in late July 2006 and has been living in hiding here since his departure from The Gam [...]
2006-12-08 13:25:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM GA SG
06DAKAR2927TERRORIST LISTS
[...] (SBU) Currently the Senegalese Government does not have a specifically designated national list of banned terrorist entities. Rather, separate lists are maintained by different intelligence and enforcement agencies. 2. (SBU) The five agencies maintaining names of banned terrorist entities [...]
2006-12-08 14:35:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN SG
06DAKAR2940CULTS AND VIOLENCE: POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) In conjunction with the presidential decree setting February 25 as the date for Senegal,s presidential and parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry has forbidden carrying guns, clubs, machetes or knives from now through the coming elections, possibly out of concern about political or [...]
2006-12-12 12:25:00Embassy DakarSECRETPINS SOCI PINR KISL SG
06DAKAR2979OPPOSITION SEEMS BENT ON SELF-DESTRUCTION
[...] (C) At lunchtime December 18, two opposition leaders told us by phone they are preparing to announce that the opposition will run multiple presidential candidates and two separate legislative lists. The Socialists may coalesce with ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, who plans to return to Dakar t [...]
2006-12-19 14:07:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG
06DAKAR2989SENEGAL: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION
[...] (U) The GOS provided the following responses to reftel queries: A. (SBU) Immigration Databases: Question: What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? Answer: Currently, other than paper arrival and departure records, the Government of Senegal (GOS) [...]
2006-12-21 13:46:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPTER KVPR KHLS PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC SG
06DAKAR2999UPDATE FOR SENEGAL: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] On August 11, 2006, post provided comments on the final draft text of the U.S. Department of Labor's 2005 Worst Forms of Child Labor Report for Senegal, which included earlier Post input (Ref B). The situation in Senegal has changed little since August. The following information is keyed to [...]
2006-12-26 07:55:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM SOCI KCRM SG
06DAKAR3007SENEGAL: ANNUAL OVERSES SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC)
[...] Dakar is a high-crime post according to the number and frequency of crimes committed. Like most large cities, the full spectrum of criminal activity can be found. Official Americans, businesspersons, and visitors are victimized primarily by crimes of opportunity, e.g., pick-pocketing, purse- [...]
2006-12-26 14:16:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CAS AMGT APER SG
06DAKAR3016CASAMANCE: ESCALATION IN REBEL ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) On December 20, Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) combatants ambushed a Senegalese army vehicle near the village of Kagnaru, north of Bignona. Two soldiers died, and 14 suffered injuries. One day before, a Senegalese army vehicle struck a fresh landmine in the outsk [...]
2006-12-27 10:51:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS ASEC CASC KHDP PHUM SG MO
06DAKAR3020SENEGAL INVITES ASSAD TO VISIT AND RECEIVES
[...] (C) Before the Embassy could deliver reftel demarche, we discovered that Senegalese Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio was en route to Damascus. On December 13, Gadio extended an invitation to Syrian President Assad to visit Senegal; Gadio in turn received an invitation [...]
2006-12-27 13:42:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY SG
06DAKAR306SENEGALESE VIEWS ON UN REFORM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 12:33:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM UN SG AORC
06DAKAR316EX-PM SECK RELEASED FROM PRISON: WHY AND WHY NOW?
[...] (C) The Government released former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck from Reubeuss prison on February 7 after charges against him were "partially" dropped. It remains unclear which charges might be held open; one fallback is an accusation of undue accumulation of wealth. Seck was released precisel [...]
2006-02-08 18:39:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS SG
06DAKAR368SENEGAL'S SOCIALIST PARTY IN CRISIS
[...] (C) With one year to go until 2007 presidential and legislative elections, Senegal's leading opposition party is experiencing turmoil. Dissidents have created a faction within the Socialist Party (PS). Their goal is to suppress any aspirations PS Chair Ousmane Tanor Dieng has for the presid [...]
2006-02-15 14:23:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM SG
06DAKAR394SENEGALESE REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE CARTOONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegalese reactions to Danish cartoons have been largely muted and moderate. Nonetheless, Embassy demarched the Foreign Ministry to denounce violence and support freedom of speech. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On February 14, Political Counselor made reftel demarche to Pape Oum [...]
2006-02-16 19:33:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAO ETRD SG
06DAKAR418PRIME MINISTER PROMISES TO FOLLOW UP ON MCC CEO
[...] (SBU) On February 20, Charge hand delivered the translated copy of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Chief Executive Officer John Danilovich,s February 13 letter to Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall (Ref A). Sall noted that he had already received the English-language version from th [...]
2006-02-21 14:52:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KMCA PREL SG
06DAKAR43MFDC MURDERS CASAMANCE DEPUTY PREFECT: ARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After a long period of stagnation in the peace process, the Government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) have launched new initiatives. The December 20 meeting in Sao Domingos, Guinea-Bissau (Reftel),between GOS representatives, MFDC leaders, and the [...]
2006-01-06 11:53:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS CASC PHUM PINR PU SG
06DAKAR433PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON SECK CASE AND
[...] (C) Senegalese Prime Minister Sall remains convinced that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck embezzled funds and illegally enriched himself at the Senegalese people,s expense. Although Seck,s legal team vehemently denies that Seck and President Wade reached any deal, Sall says that Seck agre [...]
2006-02-22 14:03:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR KJUS SG
06DAKAR441UNDECIDED ON UNSYG AND ON VENEZUELAN CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (C) On February 22, Charge made Ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo. While Ambassador Diallo appreciated U.S. interest in Senegal,s candidacy, she said that, after lengthy consultations, the Government of Senegal has decided not to present its candidacy for the new P [...]
2006-02-23 12:07:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN UNSC SG GT VE
06DAKAR486TIDJANE BROTHERHOOD: TIVAOUANE OPENLY CRITICIZES WADE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 10:46:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINR SG
06DAKAR528SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. The most important achievement of the past year was passage of its first trafficking-in- persons (TIP) l [...]
2006-03-02 07:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SG
06DAKAR54ENGAGING THE AU ON AMIS REHAT
[...] (C) On January 9, Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, who said that Senegal has decided to support rehatting the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to make it a UN peacemaking (Chapter 7) operation. Gadio said that he and President [...]
2006-01-09 16:35:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR PHUM PINS AU SU SG
06DAKAR553CENTRAL BANK REGULATIONS FORCING CITIBANK TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Citibank officials are struggling with West African Central Bank (BCEAO) regulatory issues that make it difficult to meet Citibank's universal standard of full compliance with local banking regulations. If these regulations cannot be modified, Citibank may be forced to shed impo [...]
2006-03-03 17:39:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ETRD SG
06DAKAR558UPDATE ON ICS BANKING CRISIS
[...] SUMMARY: Pressure is mounting on local banks to take provisions against approximately USD 150 million in overdue loans to Senegal's failing phosphate mining concern, Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS). So far, Citibank appears to be the only foreign bank actively moving to write off bad l [...]
2006-03-06 08:27:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
06DAKAR565QPOLITICS 2006: THE YEAR OF "ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!"
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 10:14:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SG
06DAKAR604SENEGAL: INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON
[...] Embassy Dakar's submission for the 2006 President's Report on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for Senegal follows. MARKET ECONOMY /ECONOMIC REFORM/TRADE LIBERALIZATION --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. Senegal's market-based economy is heavily dependen [...]
2006-03-08 18:44:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON PHUM SG
06DAKAR612IMI: THE SENEGALESE GOVERNMENT INVITES EXPRESSIONS
[...] SUMMARY: President Wade,s dream project to build a new airport in Diass, a rural community located 45 kilometers (km) from Dakar, Senegal,s capital, is coming true. The Senegalese government, through Senegal,s Investment Promotion Agency (APIX),has set the stage first by creating &Aeroport [...]
2006-03-09 12:31:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAIR EINV SG
06DAKAR619ELY OULD VALL: "MAURITANIA HAS NO REFUGEES IN
[...] (U) Mauritania'S Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall made his first visit to Senegal as head of state, March 6-7, 2006. In a press conference shortly before departure, he said use of the term "refugee" is inappropriate for those who left Maritania in 1989, and that those who claim to be Mauritani [...]
2006-03-09 16:50:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF KFLU KUNR KPAL CN IZ MR SU SG
06DAKAR626DEMARCHE TO SENEGAL ON LATEST WTO COTTON PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) On March 7, Senior Commercial Officer raised the Cotton-4,s latest World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal (reftel) with Minister of Commerce Mamadou Diop Decroix. Decroix said he had discussed the proposal with representatives of the Cotton-4 in Ouagadougou and that Senegal fully suppo [...]
2006-03-10 11:38:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR SG
06DAKAR664SENEGAL: MARCH 15 AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between March 7 and 10, USAID/Senegal Health Officers visited the primary sites where migratory birds are found. They found Ministry of Livestock officials well informed about avian influenza, but health officials were less knowledgeable and less prepared. Although a national [...]
2006-03-15 14:41:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC EAID AMED EAGR SG
06DAKAR668THE CONSULAR ROLE IN TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY
[...] This year Embassy Dakar devoted our Consular Leadership Day (CLD) to exploring the consular section's role in transformational diplomacy. Drawing on input from several American citizen wardens, staff from the Public Affairs Section (PAS),CA's PDAS, Charge and, most importantly, the consular [...]
2006-03-15 15:22:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT APER CASC CVIS KPAO PHUM PTER SG
06DAKAR681A (MERCIFULLY BRIEF) HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 16:25:00Embassy DakarSECRETPINS PGOV PINR ASEC CASC SG
06DAKAR683GUINEA-BISSAU: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM PASSES
[...] According to radio reports from Bissau, the National Popular Assembly (ANP) approved the Government of Guinea- Bissau's policy program and budget for 2006 by a vote of 53 to 36 with no abstentions. There has not yet been a statement by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau [...]
2006-03-16 17:09:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PGOV EFIN PU SG
06DAKAR697SENEGALESE ON ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 16:32:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SG SU
06DAKAR708SENEGAL SEEKING UNSC SEAT FOR 2008-2009
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On March 15, the Mission received a diplomatic note dated the previous day from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The note &solicits8 the support of the United States for Senegal for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations [...]
2006-03-20 15:34:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC UNSC SG
06DAKAR709OVER 5,000 DISPLACED BY GUINEA-BISSAU FIGHTING
[...] (SBU) As of midnight on March 17, Senegalese authorities had registered 2,518 refugees and displaced persons fleeing the fighting between Bissau-Guinean forces and Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) factions who want peace and Salif Sadio's "Attika" MFDC forces (reftel). T [...]
2006-03-20 15:38:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF CASC EAID MOPS PINS PU SG
06DAKAR766SENEGAL: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 08:26:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KWAC UNSC LI NI SG
06DAKAR81CODEL KOLBE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT WADE FOCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Kolbe met with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for over 75 minutes on January 4. They discussed Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal; peacekeeping; human rights, especially the charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck; and the Casamance peace [...]
2006-01-12 15:47:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALOREP EAID PHUM PREL KMCA KPKO SG
06DAKAR817 WADE'S CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES: THE TOWN WITHOUT A
[...] (C) Old-timers claim populous and centrally-located Kaolack was once a beautiful, prosperous and charming city -- rather than a seasonally dust-choked or rain- sodden topographical smear on the road to somewhere else. With his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) fragmented locally into at leas [...]
2006-04-03 14:23:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR PINR PINS KISL SG
06DAKAR82GAMBIAN-SENEGALESE RELATIONS DEFINITELY ON THE
[...] (C) On January 4, Prime Minister Macky Sall told Charge that the GOS was very pleased by his most recent visit to The Gambia. Sall believes that relations are back on a sound footing. 2. (C) In addition to the proposed bridge and related transportation issues, the Gambian Government,s de [...]
2006-01-12 15:49:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PHUM GA SG
06DAKAR832 IDRISSA SECK TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Ex-PM Idrissa Seck, released from prison less than two months ago, has declared he will run for president. In declaring, he reiterated denials that he made any deal with President Wade for his release, echoed friends' and allies' call for national "redressement" or recovery, and called, [...]
2006-04-05 15:33:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SG
06DAKAR835IT MAY BE TIME FOR DIPLOMACY TO END THE FIGHTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fighting in northern Guinea-Bissau was a major theme of Charge and PolOff,s March 29-31 meetings with Bissau-Guinean leaders. Charge told Major General Tagme that parliamentarians and the media have a right to raise questions about the ongoing operations, which have displaced [...]
2006-04-05 17:16:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREF SNAR PU SG
06DAKAR836SENEGAL,S COPYRIGHT OFFICE FIGHTING TO PROTECT ITS
[...] (U) In response to the Embassy,s sharing of talking points regarding the 2006 Special 301 Review, the Director General of the Bureau Senegalais du Droit d,Auteur (BSDA),Senegal,s copyright office, says she is firmly committed to protecting the intellectual property rights (IPR) of authors an [...]
2006-04-05 17:35:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALETRD KIPR EIND ECON SCUL PGOV SG
06DAKAR837FIGHTING THE REAL OPPOSITION IN SENEGAL -- THE
[...] (C) President Wade and his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) have taken the unofficial pre-election campaign for the hearts and minds of potential voters to the press, and they expect the media to comply. One politician/labor activist was recently arrested after making a critical statement to [...]
2006-04-05 17:48:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR86SUD FM AFFAIR: SIX JOURNALISTS ACQUITTED, REBEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six journalists from the Sud Communications Group were acquitted on January 6 of charges of complicity in endangering Senegal's territorial integrity. In a volte-face, the prosecution joined the defense in requesting that all charges against the journalists be dropped. Moveme [...]
2006-01-13 07:14:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KPAO SG
06DAKAR864WADE TALKS ABOUT REVIVING THE CHARGES AGAINST SECK
[...] (C) Following former Prime Minister Seck's announcement that he plans to run for President, President Wade ordered a re-examination of "illicit enrichment" charges against Seck. Privately, a member of Seck's team confided that any attempt to re-imprison Seck will be resisted by Seck and his gr [...]
2006-04-07 14:43:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON SG
06DAKAR876THE "LIBYAN GUIDE" GIVES PLENTY OF GUIDANCE TO
[...] (C) President Wade celebrated Senegal's 46th anniversary of independence surrounded by five other African heads of state, but the presence of Mouammar Qadhafi drew the most fanfare. Foreign Minister Gadio told the Ambassador during her introductory call that there was no discussion of Sudan [...]
2006-04-11 16:43:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV EINV FR LY SU SG
06DAKAR898SENEGALESE COMMENTS ON GAMBIAN COUP PLOT
[...] (U) On March 30, President Abdoulaye Wade condemned the March 21 coup attempt in The Gambia. Wade told the Council of Ministers that "Senegal will never be a sanctuary for coup plotters." The Gambian Foreign Minister visited Dakar on April 7, and the next day the Senegalese Ministry of Fore [...]
2006-04-12 14:40:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS GA SG
06DAKAR904GUINEA-BISSAU: COURTING U.S. AND OTHERS WITH
[...] (C) In a March 29-31 visit, then Charge and PolOff saw a Guinea-Bissau that is oriented toward courting international donors and investors and implementing a domestic agenda that reflects the top priorities of UN, European and U.S. interests. The government,s priority is security sector refo [...]
2006-04-13 13:04:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ECON SNAR SG PU US
06DAKAR929MANY IN SENEGAL ASK: "WHERE'S MY MONEY?"
[...] It is common practice among politicians to make promises they cannot keep. Critics are complaining that this has become an art form in Senegal, where in the past couple of weeks, a rash of groups have complained publicly about money they were promised by the Government but never received. Th [...]
2006-04-14 15:16:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV ECON SG
06DAKAR932AMBASSADOR JACOBS PRESENTS HER CREDENTIALS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During my 30-minute meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade on April 14, we discussed the strong bilateral relationship, U.S. assistance to Senegal, his upcoming visit to Iran, Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, counter-terrorism, conflict resolution, the Casama [...]
2006-04-17 19:58:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALODIP PREL EAID PINS KPKO IR PU SG
06DAKAR933SENEGAL: 2006 BUDGET CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's 2006 budget allocates more money to the social sector (education and health),and relies on CFA francs (CFAF) 43.1 billion (USD 78.3 million) in savings from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative to reduce poverty, which affects nearly 57 p [...]
2006-04-18 08:50:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID MARR SG
06DAKAR939AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER EXAMINES SENEGAL'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Director of West African Affairs Phillip Carter visited Dakar, March 26 through 29, to assess the political and economic situation. He had informative exchanges with a variety of GOS officials, Islamic leaders and opposition politicians. Carter praised recent steps taken by the [...]
2006-04-18 18:31:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG PGOV PHUM KMCA SG
06DAKAR940AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER DISCUSSES SUDAN AND WEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF/W Director Phillip Carter discussed peacekeeping and Darfur with Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG P.K. Fall early in his visit. Carter concluded his successful visit to Senegal with a tour d,horizon of African issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Ambassador Mankeur [...]
2006-04-18 19:01:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU GA GV IV MR PU SG US
06DAKAR957AVIATION SAFETY AND SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: South African Airlines begins daily flights from Johannesburg to Washington Dulles via Dakar next month. Delta Air Lines is scheduled to begin service from Atlanta through Dakar to Johannesburg in December. Recent FAA and TSA safety and security assessments [...]
2006-04-20 13:24:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EAID SG
06DAKAR959POLITICAL LEADERS HARASSED BY POLICE
[...] (SBU) The police's Criminal Investigation Department (DIC) in recent weeks has called in several opposition and labor leaders for interrogation. Senegal being ten months away from legislative and presidential elections, the increasingly organized opposition has stepped up attacks against Pre [...]
2006-04-20 16:59:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SG
06DAKAR985SUDAN: LEVERAGING MORE SENEGALESE TROOPS TOWARDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 17:04:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SG
06FREETOWN617SPECIAL COURT REGISTRAR DISCUSSES COMPLETION OF
[...] (U) Special Court for Sierra Leone Registrar Lovemore Munlo met with Ambassador and PolOff on July 26 to discuss a number of issues the Court faces, including its completion strategy (discussed in reftel). Munlo stood by the draft completion calendar forwarded to the Management Committee that [...]
2006-07-31 14:40:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SL SG
06FREETOWN957FREETOWN GRANTS G/TIP COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Amy Lemar, Program Analyst for Africa in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to Freetown December 10 - 14. A contract expediter meets all visitors - see para 9 below. Visitors are urged to read the conten [...]
2006-11-22 14:52:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB SMIG NI BN SG SL
06NEWDELHI316INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE
[...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...]
2006-01-17 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NEWDELHI319INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE
[...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...]
2006-01-18 01:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06OUAGADOUGOU420U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) DCM presented demarche to Salifou Sawadogo, Chef de Cabinet of the Prime Minister. The President and Minister of Foreign Affairs are both out of the country, and the Prime Minister is unavailable until next week. Sawadogo took careful notes as DCM presented demarche, summarized the a [...]
2006-06-02 14:00:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CH IR SG
06PARIS3362 UNESCO: DAKAR OFFICE CHIEF OUTLINES DECENTRALIZATION
[...] Summary and Comment: To explore issues relating to decentralization, Ambassador Oliver and Science Officer met with Lalla Aicha Ben Barka, Director of the UNESCO Office in Dakar and the regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA). Although the UNESCO secretariat often highlights its decen [...]
2006-05-19 08:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KDEM KSCA SOCI XA SG UNESCO EDU
06PARIS4914COURTESY CALL BY SENEGALESE AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO, AMADOU
[...] (U) Summary: Senegal new Ambassador to UNESCO, Amadou Deme, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Oliver today, June 30th. The two Ambassadors discussed the need to work closely together to advance UNESCO capabilities to provide effective programs for Africa through all of UNESCO sectors. En [...]
2006-07-19 11:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL SG
07ABIDJAN959(U) ACTION COMPLETED: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan completed action requested in reftel. Here is the biographic information on three influential Ivoirian Muslim leaders who have favorable views of the United States and offer an alternative view to Islamic extremism. 2. (SBU) El Hadj Aboubacar FOFANA Gender: Male DOB [...]
2007-09-12 18:50:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPK PO QA RP RS RW SA SF SG SL SN SO SP
07BANJUL11THE GAMBIA: AN IRASCIBLE PRESIDENT JAMMEH IN
[...] (C) In a year-end television interview, an irascible President Jammeh delivered a familiar diatribe against Western donors while also taking a swipe at Senegal. His derisive remarks about the opposition are hardly encouraging in the runup to the National Assembly elections January 25. END SUM [...]
2007-01-09 16:53:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMCA SG GA
07BANJUL134THE GAMBIA: ARREST OF SENEGALESE CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
[...] (C) The local media have reported Gambian authorities' early February arrest and ongoing trial of five Senegalese customs officials, allegedly picked up in Gambian territorial waters. In recent conversation with Ambassador, the prominent Gambian attorney representing the Senegalese defendants, [...]
2007-03-14 17:24:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL GA SG
07BANJUL243THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL
[...] (C) In recent conversation with Ambassador, Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall asserted that heightened strains in the Senegalese/Gambian relationship persisted and cited the ongoing trial here of five Senegalese customs officials as a case in point (ref a). It was clear, Fall asserted, that [...]
2007-05-08 14:58:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GA SG
07BANJUL250THE GAMBIA: FURTHER STRAINS IN TIES WITH SENEGAL
[...] (C) In May 15 conversation with Ambassador, knowledgeable journalistic source spoke of growing strains in Senegalese/Gambian ties, saying a senior Gambian official, the National Intelligence Agency's head, had recently expressed concern to him privately that the GOS might close Senegal's borde [...]
2007-05-15 13:23:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GA SG
07BANJUL257THE GAMBIA: MEDIA ATTACK ON SENEGAL, CONVICTION OF
[...] (C) A pro-GOTG daily led May 17 with report of recent meeting of Gambian dissidents and GOS Interior Ministry officials in Dakar as part of anti-GOTG plotting; a reported participant denied the report. On the previous day, May 16, the trial of five Senegalese customs officials ended with thei [...]
2007-05-17 12:29:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS SG GA
07BANJUL258THE GAMBIA: A GESTURE TO SENEGAL
[...] (C) Reftel reports the Gambian court's May 16 conviction and sentencing to 18-month prison sentences of five Senegalese customs officials. The following day, May 17, the GOTG announced President Yayha Jammeh's decision to pardon the five, who were immediately released and handed over to the S [...]
2007-05-18 10:34:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV POINS SG GA
07BANJUL281THE GAMBIA: MILITARY COOPERATION WITH IRAN
[...] (S) We note, per ref a, indication from GOS that Iran has agreed to supply arms to the GOTG. We also note previous reporting in other USG channels of possible Iranian weapons deliveries here. While Gambian officials deny any weapons deal with the Iranians, a well-informed journalistic source [...]
2007-06-02 12:31:00Embassy BanjulSECRETPREL PGOV MASS GA IR SG
07BANJUL283THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL,
[...] (C) An online "journal" reported May 28 the arrest of Senegal-based Gambian "rebels" entering The Gambia as part of preparations, with GOS complicity, for a renewed coup attempt. A knowledgeable source was not able to confirm the report, but said GOS had angrily denied a recent local media re [...]
2007-06-04 09:12:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL285THE GAMBIA: INFLUENCE OF SENEGALESE ENERGY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 16:20:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL SG GA
07BANJUL301THE GAMBIA: FURTHER MEDIA ATTACK AGAINST SENEGAL
[...] (SBU) Following its May 17 article alleging GOS collusion in Gambian dissidents' anti-GOTG plotting (ref A),the pro-government "Daily Observer" led June 11 with further allegations of GOS support for destabilization efforts here. Under the headline "Senegal Continues to Destabilize Gambia," [...]
2007-06-11 16:36:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS SG GA
07BANJUL325THE GAMBIA: CASAMANCE VIOLENCE, SENEGALESE
[...] (C) On June 22, the Inspector General of Police (IGP),claimed to RSO that on June 18 a "major battle" had erupted between Senegalese military forces and Casamance rebels near the Gambian border town of Sibanor. He said that the fighting had resulted in "substantial losses" to the Senegalese [...]
2007-06-22 13:39:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL449CASAMANCE REBELS SKIRMISH IN THE GAMBIA
[...] (SBU) Post received a note verbale addressed to all diplomatic missions in The Gambia, dated August 16, from the Department of State (Ministry) for Foreign Affairs, documenting two casualties (one death) from an encounter between rival Senegalese rebel groups along the Casamance border on Ju [...]
2007-08-22 08:52:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS PREF SG GA
07BANJUL5THE GAMBIA: ONGOING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL OVER THE
[...] (C) On January 3, Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall called on Ambassador to register concern over what he portrayed as the GOTG's continued meddling in the Casamance dossier. Fall claimed that three leading MFDC figures cooperating in GOS peace efforts -- Alexandre Djibba, Magne Dieme, and K [...]
2007-01-04 15:09:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL SG GA
07BANJUL83THE GAMBIA: NO CHANGE IN UNHELPFUL POSTURE ON THE
[...] (C) Ambassador raised the GOTG's Casamance posture in separate discussions February 14 with Senegalese Ambassador Mamadou Fall and Pap Saine, the well-connected chief editor of the daily, "The Point." Both asserted that President Jammeh's meddling in the Casamance was continuing, claiming tha [...]
2007-02-15 17:11:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS SG GA
07BEIJING7473DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the regular December 13 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei and ROK Ambassador Chun Yung-woo met this morning to discuss the Six-Party Talks and the "next stage of work." -- China hopes the Sudan Government can take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Sudan. [...]
2007-12-13 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV JA KN KS SA IT FM SG FR LE IS
07DAKAR1017WHITHER SENEGALESE ISLAM?: AESTHETICS, HARMONY
[...] (C) Sufi Brotherhood intellectuals inspired by Middle Eastern ideas are building institutions to reconsider traditional values, but they insist Senegalese common sense will sort out doctrinal trash. This is an opportune time for ideological innovation: the once narrowly nationalist and farm [...]
2007-05-10 12:07:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALSOCI KISL PGOV PINR SG
07DAKAR1025GUINEA-BISSAU AND SENEGAL WILL OPPOSE BELARUS IN
[...] (C) Guinea-Bissau Watcher delivered Ref A demarche and talking points to Bissau-Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities Maria da Conceicao Nobre Cabral on May 10 via telephone. Minister Cabral said she would instruct the Bissau-Guinean Permanent Represe [...]
2007-05-10 17:14:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC PU SG
07DAKAR1026AFRICOM DELEGATION RECEIVES SENEGALESE INPUT
[...] (C) The interagency AFRICOM delegation visited Dakar in April, meeting with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister of Armed Forces Becaye Diop and Chief of Defense Major General Abdoulaye Fall on April 21. There was a marked co [...]
2007-05-10 17:58:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS OVIP SG
07DAKAR1027OPPOSITION BOYCOTT THREATENS LEGITIMACY OF
[...] (C) Alleging gerrymandering, Senegal,s leading opposition parties have formed an alliance to boycott the June 3 parliamentary election. President Wade, whom the opposition also accuses of manipulating electoral rolls, continues to dismiss calls to postpone for a third time. The press is rif [...]
2007-05-10 18:22:00Embassy DakarSECRETPGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1035DEEP CUTS IN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE WILL HARM SENEGAL'S
[...] (SBU) Having recently been apprised of possible significant cuts to USAID/Senegal's operating (OE) budget and development program, perhaps as early as the current fiscal year, I feel compelled to provide an initial reaction in the hope that there is still an opportunity for this Mission, as we [...]
2007-05-14 07:48:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL KMCA PGOV SG
07DAKAR1039SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRALS STUFFLEBEEM AND
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for legislative elections on June 3, 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in promoting peace and [...]
2007-05-14 12:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR1041DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2007
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter (January-March) of FY2007 follows. Responses are keyed to Ref A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the last report, there has been no significant change in the economic situation. The current political situation co [...]
2007-05-14 12:12:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAKAR1042GOVERNMENT OF SENEGAL'S VIEWS ON SAMPLE SHARING AND VACCINE
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the information requested in reftel: A. The Government of Senegal (GOS) shares the samples collected with World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) world reference labs and with some laboratories such as Pas [...]
2007-05-14 14:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU PINR SG
07DAKAR1051CITES COP 14 PREPARATION: SENEGAL POSITION
[...] Per reftel instructions, on May 14, EconOff delivered information on U.S. proposals for CITES COP 14 to Colonel Matar Cisse, Director of the Forestry and Water Department at the Ministry of Environment, and Abdoulaye Sy, Head of the Fauna Division. Mr. Sy is the GOS's senior expert on CITES i [...]
2007-05-15 12:27:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA ETRD SG
07DAKAR10542007 AGOA FORUM: SENEGAL AND GUINEA-BISSAU INVITED
[...] On May 10, Ambassador Jacobs provided reftel information on the 2007 AGOA Forum to Senegal's Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Finance. In addition, the Economic Office briefed Mr. Abdoulaye Dieye, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Europe and the Americas, and Mr. Robert Niouk [...]
2007-05-16 07:42:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EINV EFIN EAID PU SG
07DAKAR1062SENEGAL'S POSITON ON USG INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 12:55:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD IWC SG
07DAKAR1072SENEGAL'S POSITON ON USG INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Senegal plans to support the U.S. positions on the Bowhead Whale quota and the Conservation Committee, according to Mrs. Ndeye Ticke Ndiaye Diop, Senegal's International Whaling Commissioner and Director of the Maritime Fishing Division of the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Mr. Moustap [...]
2007-05-16 13:18:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS KSCA PREL ETRD IWC SG
07DAKAR1075MFDC DETAINEES IN THE GAMBIA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Dakar appreciates reftel report on Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) members in The Gambia. According to Senegalese government, media, and MFDC sources, we believe Gambian authorities currently have approximately 28 MFDC leaders and other rebels in detention. [...]
2007-05-16 15:55:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS GA SG
07DAKAR1089DARFUR: SENEGAL UNSURE ABOUT AMIS/UN TRANSITION
[...] (C) After demarches at the Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),DCM contacted Ambassador Mankeur Ndiaye, the Director of Cabinet at the MFA. Ndiaye would say only that the transition from the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a hybrid AU/UN peacemaking mission is [...]
2007-05-21 13:42:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU SG
07DAKAR1113SENEGALESE ATTENDANCE AT THE AGOA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 08:53:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD GH SG
07DAKAR112SENEGAL: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] Senegal offers investors political stability, democracy, advanced telecommunications infrastructure, an advantageous geographic location, a bilateral investment treaty with the United States, low inflation, a currency pegged to the euro, easy repatriation of capital and income and abundant se [...]
2007-01-12 15:44:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SG
07DAKAR113SENEGAL WILL PROBABLY PLEDGE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS'
[...] (U) On January 11, Acting Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Claude Absa Diallo told Charge that Senegal will participate in the Liberia Partners' Forum (reftel) and plans to make at least a symbolic pledge to underscore Senegal's support for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government. [...]
2007-01-12 16:43:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL IV LI PU SG
07DAKAR1136A WALK THROUGH DAKAR: THE PEOPLE SPEAK
[...] (C) A pre-election walk through Dakar,s vibrant Medina district and the city,s principal domestic bus station revealed five themes on the minds of the populace. It is the duty of every citizen to vote; the opposition boycott is ill-conceived and undermines Senegal,s democracy; the cost of li [...]
2007-05-23 18:22:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR114SOMALIA: SENEGAL WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO AU FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 17:26:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SO SG SU
07DAKAR1141THE OPPOSITION EXPLAINS THE BOYCOTT
[...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with the Ambassador, leaders of many of the 17 Senegalese opposition parties that are boycotting the June 3 legislative election explained their position and probed possible U.S. government support. Warning that Senegal,s democracy is under grave threat, the party lead [...]
2007-05-24 11:20:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR1144SENEGAL-GAMBIAN RELATIONS REMAIN TENSE
[...] (S) Relations between Senegal and Gambia remain tense said Momar Gueye, Director of Asian and African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gueye cited the Gambian government,s continued belief that Senegal had a hand in a failed March 2006 coup plot against President Jammeh, rumors of [...]
2007-05-24 16:32:00Embassy DakarSECRETPREL PINS MARR PTER GA IR SG
07DAKAR1153SENEGAL PLANNING TO SEND PEACEKEEPERS TO COMOROS
[...] (C) On May 25, Ambassador Oumar Demba Ba, one of President Wade's Diplomatic Advisors, told DCM that Senegal has decided to contribute to an African Union peacekeeping force in the Comoros. The size, timing and logistics involved in this seventh ongoing peacekeeping mission have not been det [...]
2007-05-25 15:52:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALMARR KPKO CN SG
07DAKAR1173LOW TURNOUT BY MILITARY AND POLICE IN PRELIMINARY
[...] (SBU) Military, paramilitary forces and national police cast the first votes, May 26-27, of Senegal,s 2007 legislative election. Turnout has been reported as extremely low, leading to claims of a successful boycott spearheaded by the &Front Siggil Senegal,8 while other observers argue that [...]
2007-05-30 15:29:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1223IMF: SENEGAL'S POOR PUBLIC FINANCES WILL MAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to IMF Resrep for Senegal, Alex Segura, President Wade's administration has greatly exacerbated the country's public finances problems in recent years. The GOS and the IMF are facing difficult negotiations on a new program, whether a PRGF or a Policy Support Instrumen [...]
2007-06-05 17:14:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KCOR SG
07DAKAR1258LOW TURNOUT IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) On June 3, the people of Senegal voted in legislative elections. Turnout was an extremely low 34.75 percent with the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) securing 131 out of 150 seats in the National Assembly. A fierce debate has erupted between the boycotting &Front Siggil Senega [...]
2007-06-08 14:21:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR1266AMBASSADOR MEETS THE TIDJANES
[...] (C) In a long discussion with Ambassador Jacobs, the extremely influential spokesman of the Tidjane Brotherhood, Abdoul Aziz Sy al Ibn (Junior),underlined his community,s dismay at President Wade,s overt Mouridism and his use of state funds to promote their interests. Both Sy, and his elder [...]
2007-06-12 11:38:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1276MCC TELLS GOS IT HAS ENDED SUPPORT OF ORIGINAL COMPACT
[...] (U) Possible action request for the Department, Johannesburg and Cape Town in para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The MCC has informed President Wade and Prime Minister Macky Sall that it will not continue supporting Senegal's MCC Compact proposal, the Diamniadio Platform. The MCC remains keen to [...]
2007-06-13 16:41:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1283SENEGAL,S SENATE RETURNS
[...] (C) On February 12, 2007 the National Assembly passed a law to revive a Senate that in 2001 President Wade had declared unnecessary. With legislative elections over, questions are rife as to why. Six factors seem to have influenced Wade: Creating a power base for his son Karim, consolidatin [...]
2007-06-14 10:48:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR129SENIOR MINISTER GADIO'S HOLIDAY MESSAGE TO THE SECRETARY:
[...] (U) On January 16, the Embassy received a copy of a letter from Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. An unofficial translation follows. Begin text. Republic of Senegal Minister of Foreign Affairs Office of the Senior Minister D [...]
2007-01-17 17:15:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL PHUM KDEM SG
07DAKAR1323SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR FIRST LADY (FLOTUS)
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, President Abdoulaye Wade has just changed Prime Ministers and reshuffled his cabinet. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States [...]
2007-06-21 08:05:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR1330NEW GOVERNMENT HAS STRONG ECONOMIC TEAM
[...] (SBU) President Wade, following a historically low turn out at recently concluded legislative elections, ousted Prime Minister Macky Sall. Even though Wade was not expected to keep Sall he used him as a scapegoat for being unable to maintain unity within the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party [...]
2007-06-21 13:43:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL EFIN ECON SG
07DAKAR1348TIP REPORTS DELIVERED; UNODC AND EU WORKING WITH ECOWAS
[...] EmbOffs have delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reports to the Governments of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, and the reports have been posted on the embassy Web site in English and French or Portuguese. In the course of related discussions, Embassy learned that the computer equipment [...]
2007-06-25 11:58:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM PU SG
07DAKAR1352MOURIDE ISLAMIC LEADERS PREACH NONVIOLENCE AND GOOD
[...] (SBU) Having recently visited Senegal's largest religious order, the Tidjanes (Ref A),on June 15 Ambassador Jacobs traveled to the holy city of Touba, to call on the Khalif of the Mouride brotherhood. The Mourides are the richest and most influential Sufi brotherhood in Senegal. The Khalif [...]
2007-06-25 14:33:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KISL PTER ECON SG
07DAKAR1379POPULAR SENEGAL TREASURY BOND ISSUANCE A STOPGAP MEASURE
[...] Through the regional central bank, Senegal recently sold approximately USD 100 million worth of treasury bonds, all of which were purchased very quickly by over-liquid commercial financial institutions anxious for investment opportunities. Individual investors were not able to directly partic [...]
2007-06-29 11:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV ETRD SG
07DAKAR1382ROUNDTABLE ON SENEGAL'S AGOA FORUM PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 19, Senegal's Ministry of Commerce organized a stakeholder roundtable to assess the state of preparations for the GOS' participation in the July 18-19 AGOA Forum. EconOff and representatives from the West African Trade Hub/Dakar participated. Senegal is not yet well o [...]
2007-06-29 13:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EINV EFIN EAID EAIR SG
07DAKAR1400LUNCH WITH ARAB AMBASSADORS TO SENEGAL
[...] (C) On June 18, 2007, the Ambassador hosted a lunch with Arab Ambassadors. The frank discussion focused on democracy in the Middle East, terrorism and its root causes, Islamic parties, methodologies to win elections, the Palestinian question, and water issues as a potential spark for conflict [...]
2007-07-03 12:08:00Embassy DakarSECRETPREL PTER KDEM KISL KPAL PINR SOCI SG
07DAKAR1435TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-TURKISH RELATIONS
[...] (S) During Embassy,s Dakar Fourth of July celebrations, PolOff had a candid discussion with Turkish Ambassador Yalcin Kayaerensoy (strictly protect) on the Turkish people,s continued anger over the capture of its soldiers in July 2003, Turkey,s upcoming July 22 election, the rise of nationali [...]
2007-07-09 17:03:00Embassy DakarSECRETPREL KDEM KISL PINR PTER SOCI SG TU
07DAKAR1452HISSENE HABRE PROSECUTION STALLED
[...] (C) International and domestic press are reporting accusations by human rights groups that Senegal is &dragging its feet8 on prosecuting former Chadian President Hissene Habre. Stephen Rapp, Special Prosecutor for Sierra Leone, discussed the issue during March 2007 meeting with Ambassador Ja [...]
2007-07-11 11:13:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PINR SG CD
07DAKAR1454IMF RESREP ON SENEGALESE POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE
[...] (S/NF) Senegal is clearly at a political and economic crossroads. Because we are friends, we should do what we can to help Senegal through this difficult time. On June 29, IMF ResRep Alex Segura sought out the Economic Counselor to better understand the MCC decision to end its work on the D [...]
2007-07-11 12:50:00Embassy DakarSECRET//NOFORNEAID EFIN ECON PREL SG
07DAKAR1464LARGE DRUG SEIZURE AND ARRESTS IN SENEGAL
[...] (C) Senegalese gendarmes seized over two tons of cocaine in June and arrested a number of Latin Americans and Europeans involved in the trafficking. Senegal is cooperating with the FBI and DEA. These huge seizures indicate that no West African country is immune to the flow of cocaine from S [...]
2007-07-12 15:24:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALSNAR PINS SG
07DAKAR1465UPDATED SENEGALESE ATTENDANCE AT THE AGOA FORUM
[...] On July 11, Senegal's Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, told the Ambassador that he will now lead Senegal's official delegation to the AGOA Forum. Gadio would welcome a bilateral meeting with Secretary Rice. We do not expect recently appointed Minister of Commerce Ama [...]
2007-07-12 15:45:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD GH SG
07DAKAR1468SUDAN: SENEGALESE SUPPORT FOR HYBRID UNSCR
[...] (C) Outgoing DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Claude Absa Diallo, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on July 13. Diallo said Senegal is in complete agreement with our proposal. She indicated that any change in troop levels had to be associated with the [...]
2007-07-13 13:01:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC SU SG
07DAKAR149INTRIGUES TO POSTPONE ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) On January 18, the Minister of Information announced plans to postpone legislative elections in response to a January 12 ruling by the Council of State, Senegal's highest administrative body. The Council voided President Wade's December decree allotting National Assembly seats (Ref B) o [...]
2007-01-19 13:34:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SG
07DAKAR1508 REACTION TO MCC DECISION AND JAFZA DEAL: QUESTIONS FROM
[...] (U) The Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) decision to withdraw from the "Diamniadio" industrial platform project (reftel) has opened the door for Senegal's opposition politicians and press to challenge President Abdoulaye Wade's administration on governance, public finances, and commitm [...]
2007-07-20 09:43:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1515SENEGAL'S DONORS AGAIN GIVE IMF MISSION AN EARFUL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the beginning of a two-week mission to negotiate a new program with Senegal, IMF officials on July 12 received a non-stop stream of complaints and concerns by the country's traditional donors over the current state of public finance and governance. Senegal very much needs a [...]
2007-07-23 07:52:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON ETRD EINV SG
07DAKAR1522THE COST OF A NEW GOVERNMENT: CARS, HOTEL, AND A NEW SENATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A June 30 report in the daily "Wal Fadjri" that the Government of Senegal (GOS) was planning to spend CFA 2.250 billion (USD 4.5 million) to purchase Chinese "Hover" brand SUVs for the 150 newly elected Deputies, was confirmed by reliable sources at the Ministry of Finance. Th [...]
2007-07-23 15:55:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL SG
07DAKAR1523CHINESE VICE MINISTER OF COMMERCE JIANGUO'S DAKAR VISIT
[...] Summary: Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo paid a visit to Senegal on July 12-13. The visit included the signing of four accords for economic cooperation and cultural projects. Wei's thirty-member business delegation discussed opportunities with their Senegalese counterparts. S [...]
2007-07-23 16:35:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1524The PDS-Time for a Change
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-23 16:42:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1530 SENEGAL APPEARS READY TO GIVE-UP ON MCC OPPORTUNITY
[...] (U) This cable includes an action request for MCC with coordination by the Department. Please see para 5 below. 2. (SBU) Summary: Senegal's Minister of Finance Abdoulaye Diop confirmed that Senegal insists on terms likely unacceptable to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for fin [...]
2007-07-24 15:16:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1541The PDS-Time for a Change
[...] (SBU) After two very comfortable elections victories President Wade now feels he has the power to revamp his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS). The two main reasons that are being cited for this restructuring are that he is preparing a new platform for his son Karim to use as a springboard to [...]
2007-07-26 11:01:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1557The Cost of Immunity
[...] (SBU) On July 17, President Wade asserted his authority when he instructed the Prime Minister to deliver a message to the National Assembly in which he promised to purchase a vehicle for each one of the 150 Deputies, detailed reforms the Deputies needed to undertake, and instructed them how to [...]
2007-07-26 17:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR1570MAURITANIAN AND SENEGALESE PRESIDENTS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Mauritanian President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, paid an official visit to Senegal on July 9 and 10. He met President Wade and with the Mauritanian community where discussions included the status of Mauritanian refugees on the Mauritania-Senegal border. The newly installed P [...]
2007-07-27 13:15:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS SOCI PHUM PINR PREF OVIP SG MR
07DAKAR1572DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT STEVE CARR FOR THE STANDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 13:24:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF OVIP PHUM ICRC SG
07DAKAR1574DEMARCHE ON THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 14:15:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL AORC SG
07DAKAR1575SEEKING SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 14:16:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SG
07DAKAR1577Time for the Mauritanians to go Home
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with Charge d'Affaires, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees' (UNHCR) Regional Representative, Rosaline Idowu, was upbeat that a large percentage of the 20,000 Mauritanian refugees remaining in the Senegal River Valley would return home. She confirmed President W [...]
2007-07-30 07:50:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS PREF SG
07DAKAR1591IMF MISSION: MIXED MARKS, BUT READY TO SUPPORT SENEGAL'S
[...] Summary: A visiting IMF team led by Johanness Mueller provided an end-of-mission briefing for donors on July 26 to inform them of the state of the ongoing negotiations of a new program with Senegal. Mueller termed FY 2006 a "difficult year," and said that, while Senegal is still struggling [...]
2007-07-31 13:34:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR1655FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY VISITS DAKAR, LECTURES AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) On July 26-27, French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Senegal as the first stop on his mission to some of France's former African colonies. With the stated goal of heralding a new era in Franco-African relationships, he delivered a major speech on his African policy at a Dakar's Cheik [...]
2007-08-09 17:20:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON KISL SG
07DAKAR1693 SENEGAL: INDIAN IFFCO TO CONTROL ICS
[...] Summary: On July 16 the Government of Senegal and the Indian Farmer Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Group (IFFCO) signed a new agreement to rescue Senegal's major phosphate producer, ICS. The goal of the negotiations was to recapitalize ICS, gain creditors' confidence, attract new shareholder [...]
2007-08-14 15:49:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
07DAKAR1725IRANIAN CHIEF JUSTICE VISITS SENEGAL
[...] (U) On July 28, President Wade met with Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Sharoudi, Chief of the Judiciary of Iran and Mohamed Reza Baghrei, Special Envoy of President Ahmadinejad in Dakar. Before departing Senegal on July 29, Sharoudi gave a press conference highlighting Iranian cooperation with Sene [...]
2007-08-22 16:26:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KNNP KISL KGIC EIVN ENRG SG
07DAKAR1727CHINESE INVOLVEMENT IN SENEGAL'S NATURAL RESOURCES
[...] (C) To date, China is not heavily invested in Senegal's natural resources sectors. China's presence in Senegal currently focuses on the importation of Chinese consumer and industrial goods, including automobiles, and Chinese assistance for public works projects. China does not have a fishin [...]
2007-08-22 16:53:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALECON EINV SENV CM SG
07DAKAR174DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE, JANUARY 30-31, 2007
[...] Embassy Dakar confirms participation in the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) during the period 30-31 January 2007 and warmly welcomes CMT Team Leader Michael Braxton to Dakar, Senegal. The point of contact for coordination of the CME at post will be Roksana Houge. Country clearance for Micha [...]
2007-01-23 10:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR175DAKAR CRISIS MANAGEMEN EXERCISE, JANUARY 30-31, 2007
[...] Embassy Dakar conirms participation in the Crisis Management Exerise (CME) during the period 30-31 January 2007 and warmly welcomes CMT Team Leader Michael Braxton to Dakar, Senegal. The point of contact for coordination of the CME at post will be Roksana Houge. Country clearance for Michael [...]
2007-01-23 10:48:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR CASC ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA SG
07DAKAR1753A WALK THROUGH DAKAR UNIVERSITY: THE STUDENTS SPEAK
[...] (SBU) In a series of interviews conducted with University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) students from all disciplines, student leaders, and university professors concerning their political views and their educational experience, "Failing exams is the rule" and "Success is the exception" was an oft [...]
2007-08-27 12:13:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR ECON SOCI SG
07DAKAR1764MAURITANIAN REFUGEES: THE DILEMMA OF RETURN
[...] (SBU) On July 31, Poloff visited refugee villages in Dagana and Dodel to seek the opinions of refugees regarding recent initiatives by the Mauritanian Government inviting them to return home and President Wade's statement that those who wish to remain in Senegal will be granted Senegalese citi [...]
2007-08-28 12:05:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF MR SG
07DAKAR1816SENATE ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATIC MISSTEP?
[...] (SBU) On August 19, local officials and Members of Parliament elected 35 senators via indirect suffrage. The ruling PDS (Democratic Party of Senegal) won 34 out of the 35 "contested" seats. The only opposition member in the Senate will be a member of AJ/PADS, the African Party for Democracy [...]
2007-09-05 16:41:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL SG
07DAKAR1821IDRISSA SECK - THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON?
[...] (C) On July 25 a meeting took place between representatives of former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck and President Wade to explore ways for Seck to return to the Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) or a reconstituted &Liberal Movement.8 Since then, negotiations between the two parties have contin [...]
2007-09-06 09:32:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1859THE ROAD AHEAD FOR SENEGAL,S OPPOSITION
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Charge D'Affaires, the leaders of Senegal's main opposition parties explained their current campaign to hold a National Dialogue and warned that Senegal was faced with the triple threat of an unstable political situation, an out-of-control economy, and social disconten [...]
2007-09-13 11:42:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1861SENEGALESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UNGA
[...] (U) Post has received confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that President Abdoulaye Wade will lead the Senegalese delegation to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. The delegation will also include but may not be limited to: --Mrs. Viviane Wade --Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Mi [...]
2007-09-13 16:06:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SG
07DAKAR1868REMITTANCES TO SENEGAL ARE AN ECONOMIC FORCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Formally recorded remittances to Senegal topped USD 800 million in 2006 and are undoubtedly higher this year. Informal money transfers are not quantified, but are also significant, perhaps equaling the formal flow. These funds are an important source of foreign currency and alle [...]
2007-09-14 11:27:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR1918CLANDESTINE IMMIGRATION-IN SEARCH OF ELDORADO
[...] (SBU) Goaded by their families who sell everything to give them their shot, young men, women and even children are connected with unscrupulous middlemen who can charge them over a thousand dollars to spend up to 12 days on rickety boats in sometimes doomed attempts to make it to Spain or Europe [...]
2007-09-25 11:44:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL PREF SG
07DAKAR1957SENEGAL'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] (U) Per reftel request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. 2. (U) Senegal is not a significant global producer of textile and apparel products. In 2006, total textile/apparel exports were USD 33.9 million, with exports to the U.S. at less than [...]
2007-10-01 15:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTEX ECON EINV AGOA SG
07DAKAR1966International Donor's Conference for the Habre trial
[...] (SBU) The Government of Senegal had initially planned to hold a donor's conference for a future trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre on September 17 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Gadio and Minister of Justice Sy chairing it. That plan was abandoned and no new dates have been dete [...]
2007-10-02 11:31:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS KAWC SG CD
07DAKAR1987SENEGAL SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR OIC PROJECTS, PARASTATAL,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28, Senegal's National Assembly approved a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year, augmenting targeted expenditures by eleven percent following the successful issuances of treasury bonds in June and August 2007, recent announcements of new loans from Saudi [...]
2007-10-04 16:04:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV SG
07DAKAR1988WADE'S POST-U.N. DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) On October 1, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade gave a rambling, two and a half-hour press conference where he detailed his participation at the 62nd UN General Assembly meeting in New York and his other meetings and activities during his September trip to the United States. He opined t [...]
2007-10-04 16:04:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR PGOV IR ZI SG
07DAKAR1993 WADE INFORMS AND MISINFORMS ON MCC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has publicly confirmed that his government will not pursue a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact to help with Dakar's toll road project. Having previously lost the opportunity for MCC funding of a new industrial platform because of [...]
2007-10-05 07:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KMCA PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR203HUMBLE FATHER AND PRODIGAL SON: WADE AND SECK
[...] (C) With his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) in shambles and poll numbers apparently dismal a month before elections, President Abdoulaye Wade has absolved ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck of alleged crimes and asked his one-time "spiritual son" for reconciliation. Seck's opposition coalitio [...]
2007-01-24 18:07:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR2059SENEGAL: SIXTH CONSULTATIVE GROUP
[...] SUMMARY: The sixth meeting of the Consultative Group (CG) for Senegal was convened at the World Bank's Paris Office on October 3-4, 2007. The meeting was chaired by Madani Tall, World Bank Director of Operations for Senegal. The 48-person Senegalese Delegation [press reports noted more than 100 [...]
2007-10-18 12:39:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL PGOV OTRA SG
07DAKAR2061DANCERS GETS PROBABTION FOR "OBSCENE DANCING"
[...] (C) A recent obscenity case against a well-known dancer, Ndeye Gueye, has pitted social conservatives, imams, and Islamists against secularist and lawyers who say that this kind of jurisprudence poses a danger to Senegal's traditions of social and religious tolerance. Gueye was charged, tried [...]
2007-10-18 15:01:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR20712008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE: SENEGALESE CANDIDATE.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 08:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KISL SG
07DAKAR2091GOS WILL LIKELY SELL COMPANY SHARES AS PART OF ITS NEEDED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal has announced plans to move forward on its much-touted privatization agenda and speed up its divestiture from three key public-private companies by early 2008: Sonatel (Telephone Company),ICS (Fertilizer Company) and Dakar Dem Dikk (public transporta [...]
2007-10-25 07:53:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID ELAB BTIO PGOV SG
07DAKAR2116SENEGALESE PRESIDENT PLANS TO VISIT ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is still planning to visit Zimbabwe and meet with President Robert Mugabe in an effort to succeed where South African President Thabo Mbeki has failed: relieving the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe. To do so, according to President Wade, se [...]
2007-10-30 13:22:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV SG ZI SF UK
07DAKAR2117DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS FY2007
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the third and fourth quarters (April-September) of FY2007. Responses are keyed to Ref A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the last report, the energy crisis has resurfaced, with sporadic daily blackouts, which affect the economic [...]
2007-10-30 16:32:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAKAR2118DEMARCHE FOR DAVID WALKER DELIVERED TO MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 16:32:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UN UNGA SG
07DAKAR2122SENEGALESE PRESIDENT IMPRISONS REPORTERS
[...] (C) The Senegalese Police's Criminal Investigations Department (DCI) arrested Moussa Gueye, a journalist at the small Rufisque-based paper, "L'Exclusif" after they published an article entitled "The President,s Night Escapades." The police made the arrest in an effort to identify who in the P [...]
2007-10-31 16:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PINS SG
07DAKAR2134SENEGALESE SOCIALISTS IN SEARCH OF LEGITIMACY
[...] (SBU) Senegal's main opposition party, the Socialist Party (PS),held its 14th Congress on October 27-28, 2007. Under the theme of "nouvel lan," they announced the beginning of a new march to regain the power they lost in 2000 when President Abdoulaye Wade's victory ended 40 years of Socialist [...]
2007-11-02 12:26:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SG
07DAKAR2144 DELIVERY OF MCC SCORECARD IS OCCASION FOR CRITICISM BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In receiving Senegal's FY08 MCC Scorecard, Presidential Advisor Aminata Niane criticized the MCC's lack of clarifying information in the annual indicators and the lack of flexibility by the MCC to help Senegal, an "important partner," achieve a compact. Minister Niane was not [...]
2007-11-06 14:18:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KMCA PREL ECON MCC SG
07DAKAR2165ARE THE SENEGALESE SPEAKER'S DAYS NUMBERED?
[...] (C) National Assembly President Macky Sall and presidential son Karim Wade's battle to succeed Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has become the source of an expanding rift within the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS). Partisans on both sides are flooding the media with accusations an [...]
2007-11-09 09:25:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINS SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR2187LETTER TO SECRETARY OF TREASURY PAULSON FROM SENEGALESE
[...] (U) Embassy Dakar received a letter dated October 29 from Senegalese Minister of State and Minister of Finance Abdoulaye Diop for Secretary of Treasury Paulson asking that the Department of Treasury support provide training and capacity-building on techniques to capitalize on government bond i [...]
2007-11-13 12:04:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV SG
07DAKAR2211IS POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE HORIZON?
[...] (S) In November 5 meeting Charge informed Barthelemy Dias, the new leader of the Socialist Party's youth movement and perennial presidential thorn in the side, that he had been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and informed that because of Dias's American citizenship the GOS believes [...]
2007-11-14 14:34:00Embassy DakarSECRETPGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM CASC SG
07DAKAR2212LA RENTREE POLITIQUE 2007 - SUCCESSION SUCCESSION,
[...] (C) In "Rentree Poltique 2006," we characterized the Senegalese opposition as self-pitying, the people as angry at the cost of living, youth as depressed about their prospects, and President Abdoulaye Wade as personalizing power. Not only has nothing changed since then, but the situation has w [...]
2007-11-14 15:28:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR2216SENEGAL: THE SYMPTOMS OF INSTABILITY
[...] (SBU) In a November 2, televised address President Abdoulaye Wade called for a "sacred union of the nation" to confront the country's economic difficulties. He proposed to reduce the salaries of all workers to establish a national solidarity fund. He also announced that he had instructed the [...]
2007-11-14 17:36:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL SG
07DAKAR2258SENEGAL: THREATS AGAINST FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
[...] (SBU) Recently four journalists, Moussa Gueye, Moussa Doucar (REF A),Pape Amadou Gaye, and Elhadj Malick Seck were all arrested and later ordered released by President Abdoulaye Wade in the face of serious pressure from the union of journalists and public opinion. Gaye, editor-in-chief of "L [...]
2007-11-19 09:53:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL SG
07DAKAR2259MAURITANIAN REFUGEES IN SENEGAL GOING HOME
[...] (SBU) In a November 13 meeting hosted by the French Embassy, Rosaline Idowu, Regional representative for the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),said that UNHCR and the governments of Senegal and Mauritania had signed an agreement to repatriate Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal. The [...]
2007-11-19 10:23:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PREF MR SG
07DAKAR2287SENEGALESE PRESIDENT WADE RESTRUCTURES HIS PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, Senegalese President Adoulaye Wade chaired a meeting of the Directorate of the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) where Macky Sall, president of the National Assembly, was removed as number two of the PDS (Wade is the party leader). The meeting also resolv [...]
2007-11-21 16:32:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR231SENEGAL ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 14:06:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPREL SG
07DAKAR2332Street Merchants Protest in Downtown Dakar
[...] (U) Summary: On November 21, protests by small-time street vendors frustrated by a decision from Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to remove their ubiquitous street stalls from the streets of Dakar bubbled over into violent demonstrations. On Friday 23 November Wade retreated saying that the [...]
2007-11-29 12:07:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR2363SENEGALESE PRESIDENT WADE DOWNSIZES CABINET
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade fired 11 ministers (including eight women) and hired one new one. This decision fulfills his recent promise to reduce the size of the cabinet to moderate government spending. The new cabinet features 28 members, down from 38, [...]
2007-12-04 17:52:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR2364SENEGAL'S LIST OF MINISTERS
[...] (U) As a result of the December 3 cabinet reshuffle, Senegal has a new cabinet with twenty-eight ministers. Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare, Prime Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of State, Minister of Economy and Finance C [...]
2007-12-04 18:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR2376SENEGAL WANTS AUDIT OF ASECNA ACCOUNTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shortly after announcing its withdrawal from the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa (ASECNA) with an eye towards directly collecting civil aviation revenues, Senegal reversed its decision in favor of the status quo. However, Senegal demanded that ASECNA's Board of Dire [...]
2007-12-07 09:13:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PGOV SG
07DAKAR2410Ivorian Reggae Star PNGed from Senegal
[...] (SBU) Summary: Famed Ivorian Reggae star, Tiken Jah Facoly, was recently declared persona non grata in Senegal after commenting that if President Wade loved his people, he should step down from power. This decision once again spotlights the arbitrary nature of Senegal's judicial system and bri [...]
2007-12-19 11:36:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR SG
07DAKAR2417IDENT REVIEW RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT SENEGALESE PASSPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Dakar recently reviewed the cases of refused Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applicants whose IDENT hits revealed mala fide identity changes. This review identified several instances when legitimate Senegalese documents were obtained using fraudulent information. Two patterns of identity [...]
2007-12-20 10:36:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KCRM KFRD XY SG GA
07DAKAR258SENEGAL: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 10:21:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV ECON PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG
07DAKAR262SENEGAL: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 16:39:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP PGOV ECON PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG
07DAKAR275DETERIORATION IN THE CASAMANCE
[...] (C) Senegalese Army reoccupation of the Casamance, initially somewhat successful, has proved unable to thwart rebel activity. Violence, while still largely concentrated in a northern triangle bordering on The Gambia, is becoming increasingly significant in the key city of Bignona, and rebel [...]
2007-02-02 14:36:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC CASC SOCI PGOV PINR SG GA PU
07DAKAR299SENEGAL'S FIU (CENTIF) LAUNCHES NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM TO
[...] SUMMARY: NGouda Fall Kane, Director General of Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) the CENTIF, presided over a January 23 workshop, where he encouraged enhanced cooperation with different partners including the country's notaries public to strengthen the understanding and implementatio [...]
2007-02-06 12:42:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER ECON EAID PINR KCRM SG
07DAKAR309SENEGAL'S FIU (CENTIF) LAUNCHES NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM TO
[...] SUMMARY: NGouda Fall Kane, Director General of Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) the CENTIF, presided over a January 23 workshop, where he encouraged enhanced cooperation with different partners including the country's notaries public to strengthen the understanding and implementatio [...]
2007-02-07 08:49:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER ECON EAID PINR KCRM SG
07DAKAR314BISHOPS, MARABOUTS, BUSINESSMEN AND STONE-THROWING
[...] (C) The election campaign has begun, marked by President Abdoulaye Wade's reaffirmation of the importance to him of religion, and by the first acts of violence against major presidential candidates. Days before, the country's most activist and outspoken religious leader told visiting AF/W De [...]
2007-02-07 15:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF SG
07DAKAR355DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2007
[...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter (October-December) of FY2007. Responses are keyed to Reftel A. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: The economic situation in Senegal is difficult and has sparked concerns within the international donor community and am [...]
2007-02-13 15:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC SG
07DAKAR380NEXT WEEK'S ELECTIONS: SOME RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
[...] In a four-day trip to seven cities, we found flaws in the newly created electoral process. Watchdog organizations are under-funded, under-equipped, undermanned, not always well managed, and inefficient. Meanwhile, 15 presidential campaigns crisscross the country, tying up roads and raising [...]
2007-02-16 14:20:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM PINS SG
07DAKAR393SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THERE'LL BE A
[...] (C) President Abdoulaye Wade's people claim he will win the first round presidential election on February 25. Others, in sharp contrast, claim his private polls are so bad he could drop out of the race before Sunday. Amidst this fog of spin and speculation, and absent reliable polls, we find [...]
2007-02-21 12:24:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR40SENEGAL'S RESPONSE TO MERCURY ISSUES DEMARCHE
[...] SUMMARY: At the 24th Session of UNEP's Governing Council, Senegal will likely support efforts to establish a legally binding treaty to control mercury, believing that such a convention will be a significant asset in the administrative and legal control of mercury, according to Mrs. Fatima Dia [...]
2007-01-08 08:40:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD EMIN PREL AORC UNEP SG
07DAKAR410DAKAR: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING ON ELECTION
[...] (U) The Ambassador convened the EAC on February 22, 2007, to review our security posture in light of election violence that broke out on the evening of February 21, 2007. 2. (U) According to a variety of sources, supporters of President Abdoulaye Wade clashed with supporters of opposition [...]
2007-02-22 16:13:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV CASC PHUM PINS SG
07DAKAR412GADIO REACTS TO CONDEMNATION OF ELECTION VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Following the latest campaign violence on February 21 (reftel),I convened Embassy Dakar,s Emergence Action Committee. The Committee agreed on a number of steps to minimize danger to the private and official American communities. We also issued a press release condemning political viole [...]
2007-02-22 17:20:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OPDC OPRC SG
07DAKAR416SENEGALESE VIEWS ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 08:44:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIAL