‘Africa is the most oppressed continent in history. To exist as an African is already a victory’

The President of Senegal is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, controls the management of all state funds and presides over the High Council of the Magistrature. [...] The countries where the CFA franc is in force are among the poorest in the world. [...] If I want to invest in Nigeria today, I have to switch from the CFA franc to the dollar and from the dollar to the naira. [...] The world is going through turbulent times, with the war in Ukraine, which is having a strong impact on Africa, and a Russia that is increasing its influence on the continent, to the detriment of the former European powers. [...] One of the threats to the century is jihadism, which has already taken over part of the Sahel.