IMF in Senegal: The 3 key issues to break the hidden-debt deadlock
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye welcomes the IMF’s mission chief for Senegal, Mercedes Vera Martin, at the Palace of the Republic in Dakar, 21 January 2026.© Office of the President of the Republic of Senegal Published on August 21, 2026 at 06:00 am (GMT +1) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is back in Dakar.
From 19 August to 1 September, a team led by the fund’s mission chief for Senegal, Mercedes Vera Martin, picks up talks with the government – the eighth such round since Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the presidency, and potentially the one that turns the page on the country’s hidden-debt saga.
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