Relationship dossier
Cuba
Senegal
Relationship assessment
Cuba–Senegal ties include renewed diplomatic relations and cooperation in several sectors, alongside a past rupture.
Cuba toward Senegal
+20Cuba has pursued bilateral cooperation with Senegal in areas including health, education and sports. The breadth and continuity of these initiatives are unclear.
Senegal toward Cuba
+15Senegal restored diplomatic relations with Cuba after a period of interruption and has engaged in bilateral cooperation in areas including health, education and sports.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has endured beyond a period of diplomatic interruption, with renewed ties and sectoral cooperation. That history supports a generally cooperative but not especially close characterization; the scale and durability of practical cooperation remain unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Cuba and Senegal have maintained a relationship that includes periods of diplomatic interruption and later restoration. Their governments have pursued cooperation in areas including health, education and sports, though the extent and continuity of that cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Cuba and Senegal established diplomatic relations.
The two countries restored diplomatic relations after a period of interruption.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The reasons for and practical effects of the period of interrupted diplomatic relations are uncertain.