Month: June 2026

The World Cup is much more than a sporting competition. It is a world ritual in which societies give themselves to see, project their identities, express their tensions and transform collective emotion into economic and political value.

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Senegal has a major political and legal tradition in Africa. This tradition, however, does not exempt a lucid examination of the institutional frailties revealed by recent history: concentration of powers, real or perceived dependence on certain institutions, weakness of parliamentary control, electoral tensions, extensive recourse to exceptional procedures and difficulties in accessing prompt and impartial justice.

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For the first time, technology is not just replacing human physical strength. It is beginning to compete with certain intellectual capabilities that have so far been the core of many skilled trades. This border was supposed to protect the educated middle classes. Today, it is becoming increasingly blurred.

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Imagine a country capable of sending probes to the limits of the solar system, mapping the human genome and developing vaccines in record time — But where an ordinary citizen may hesitate to call an ambulance for fear of the bill. This country exists. Its name is the United States of America.

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Senegal has entered an area of economic turbulence whose consequences could shape its future for the coming decade. Behind the technical terms of « government debt », « budget deficit », « IMF programme » or « structural adjustment »It is a simple reality: the ability of a state to build schools, hospitals, roads, pay its officials and protect the most vulnerable populations.

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