Germany wants to intensively pursue gas and renewable energy projects with Senegal, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said recently during his first trip to Africa, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and its impact on energy and food prices.

Scholz kicked off the three-day tour in Senegal, which has billions of cubic metres of gas reserves and is expected to become a major gas producer in the region.

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