Press releases - 2026 April 24
Two field visits, one shared objective. In Fouladou, the President of the Republic reviewed progress on the Fouladou Loop Road and visited the Fafacourou-Dabo-Coumbacara power backbone, two infrastructures different in nature, yet deeply connected in purpose: reducing isolation, bringing essential services closer, and giving territories the concrete means to achieve their full potential.
With the 102.5-kilometer Fouladou Loop Road, financed with more than CFA 43 billion by the State of Senegal and the BOAD, the goal is to sustainably transform mobility, safety and transport conditions in Haute Casamance. This infrastructure will improve access to healthcare, education and social services, reduce travel distances and transport costs, support producers, strengthen trade, and create 600 local jobs.
With the Fafacourou-Dabo-Coumbacara power backbone, implemented under the Emergency Community Development Program as part of the electrification project for 2,000 localities, the ambition is equally decisive. Spanning 53 kilometers of 30 kV medium-voltage lines, with two prefabricated substations each equipped with a 400 KVA transformer, the project will serve 53 villages across the communes of Fafacourou, Coumbacara, Dialambéré and Dabo, benefiting an estimated population of 10,100 people. Total investment amounts to CFA 1,256,408,000.
Through these two visits, the Head of State reaffirmed a simple and decisive truth: development does not happen when territories are merely observed. It happens when they are connected, equipped and fully integrated into the national dynamic. Roads open up movement; electricity opens up possibilities. Together, they transform people’s daily lives, support economic activity, make travel safer, foster learning, strengthen healthcare, and expand opportunities for young people, women and producers.
This is how the territorial equity envisioned by the President of the Republic is being built: through visible, useful and lasting achievements capable of turning rural territories from waiting margins into spaces of production, services and exchange.
