A large Senegalese delegation travelled to Washington on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank. Negotiations for a new programme have begun but they are expected to be complicated. Behind the scenes. Some sourires sont francs, d’autres un peu plus crispés. (Some smiles are francs, others are a little more crisp.) After the crucial meeting for the future of Senegal which took place on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, held from 73 to 18 October in Washington, Kristalina Georgieva, the director of the IMF, Abebe Selassie, the director of the financial institution in Africa, Cheikh Diba, the Senegalese minister of finance and budget, Abdourahmane Sarr, the minister of the environment, Onomie and Mabouba Diagne, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Livestock took the time to pose for a group photo. Is this a sign that the discussions are not going as well as planned? Asked about the content of the negotiations in progress, the Senegalese Ministry of Finance and Budget refuses to comment “for reasons of confidentiality”.
This hidden: the real reasons for the blockage between Senegal and the IMF
