Senegal and Japan discuss stronger security cooperation
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Soleil
Senegalese Interior Minister Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé received Japan’s ambassador Takeshi Akamatsu on Thursday 12 November to discuss new opportunities for cooperation in security. The meeting aims to strengthen the bilateral partnership, according to Le Soleil.
Senegalese Interior and Public Security Minister Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé received Japan’s ambassador to Senegal, Takeshi Akamatsu, on Thursday 12 November 2026 to examine new possibilities for cooperation in security, according to the Senegalese Ministry of Interior and Public Security, cited by Le Soleil.
The talks focused more broadly on prospects for strengthening bilateral cooperation between Senegal and Japan, with new areas of security cooperation identified, according to the same source.
