Relationship dossier
Egypt
Senegal
Relationship assessment
Egypt and Senegal cooperate through bilateral consultations, agreements and Egyptian training and technical assistance.
Egypt toward Senegal
+20Egypt has supported Senegal through training and technical cooperation, including programs associated with Egypt’s development-partnership agency. Bilateral agreements and consultations have also covered areas such as trade, investment, education and security.
Senegal toward Egypt
+20Senegal has engaged Egypt through bilateral consultations and government-level agreements, including during exchanges between the two countries’ leaders. The agreements have covered areas such as trade, culture and security.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is characterized by bilateral consultations and agreements across several policy areas, alongside Egyptian technical cooperation and training for Senegal. These arrangements support a cooperative relationship, though their implementation and the breadth of sustained joint activity are 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
Egypt and Senegal maintain cooperative government ties, including bilateral consultations and agreements covering areas such as trade, investment, education, culture and security. Egypt has also provided training and technical cooperation to Senegal. The known cooperation is substantive but does not establish a close or exceptionally intensive partnership.
Key developments
Senegalese President Macky Sall visited Egypt, with bilateral cooperation discussed between the governments.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi visited Senegal; the governments announced bilateral agreements in several areas of cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- Details of Senegalese government cooperation with Egypt beyond bilateral consultations and agreements are limited.