Burdened by decades of neocolonialism and corruption, Senegal faces an all-too-familiar dilemma faced by countries across the Global South: how to pursue sovereign development under the weight of debt.
Largest strike in world history
Politics above — politics below
Tomorrow, Senegal votes in an election that French-backed president Macky Sall repeatedly delayed. The fact that the election is going ahead is a victory for young and poor Senegalese, whose protests resisted elites’ democratic backsliding.
On the electoral front, surges and splits
In defense of humanity
Left views on elections abroad, the one-state solution, and more
News and analysis from, and about, left social movements and parties around the world
The demand: democracy. The response: advancing fascist movements and state repression.
What peanut trading in late 19th century Senegal tells us about the fine line between slavery and freedom.
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