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The Daily Docket — Monday 9 November: Senegal committee rejects 2027 ministry budgets

After the 7 November vote on the 2027 bill's revenue and debt provisions, Senegal's Assembly finance committee rejected the Industry and Commerce and Higher Education budgets. No OFAC action, no Citgo ruling, nothing new in London.

Sovereign Creditor Review Staff

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Docket 9 Nov

Monday, 9 November 2026 · Coverage to about 00:35 ET, Monday 9 November · By Sovereign Creditor Review Staff
Desks: Venezuela · Cuba & Title III · Senegal · Ethiopia · Other

Over the weekend

  • Sat 7 Nov · Senegal: The National Assembly's finance committee, with Finance Minister Cheikh Diba present, voted against the 2027 budget bill's revenue and public-debt provisions and the budgets of the Presidency, the Prime Minister's Office, the Assembly, the Constitutional Council, the Supreme Court and the Court of Auditors, according to an Assembly communiqué reported by Le Soleil and Seneweb. The same day the committee, sitting with the economic affairs committee, also rejected the budget of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, with members expressing reservations about budget sincerity, according to the Assembly as reported by Seneweb.

  • Sun 8 Nov · Senegal: The finance committee, sitting with the education committee, rejected by majority the 2027 budget of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (FCFA 303.7bn in payment appropriations), after members raised inconsistencies in statistical series and doubts about the sincerity of the forecasts, PressAfrik reported.

  • Courts and sanctions: No OFAC action after the Iran-related action of 6 November; GL 5AA not replaced; UK Sanctions List last updated 3 November; no Third Circuit ruling on the PDV Holding sale appeals; no new Title III ruling found (OFAC; GOV.UK). London: No new public filing.

1. Bottom line

  1. Senegal: after the 7 November vote on the 2027 bill's revenue, debt and institutional budgets, the Assembly's finance committee went on to reject ministry budgets, Industry and Commerce on 7 November and Higher Education on 8 November, according to the Assembly as reported by Seneweb and PressAfrik.
  2. SeneNews reported on 8 November that no government decision had been announced since the committee vote; no plenary date and no IMF Board date for the USD 2.2bn ECF have been announced (SeneNews).
  3. Nothing else moved: no OFAC action since 6 November; no replacement of GL 5AA; no Third Circuit ruling on the PDV Holding sale; no new filing in Petersen (No. 26-442); London: No new public filing.

2. Top story: Senegal committee rejects ministry budgets after 7 November vote

The finance committee's 7 November vote against the 2027 bill's first part (revenue and public debt) and the budgets of the state institutions was followed by votes on individual ministry budgets. On 7 November, the committee, enlarged to the economic affairs committee, rejected the budget of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce presented by Minister Serigne Guèye Diop; according to the Assembly, members expressed reservations about budget sincerity and the level of ambition of the forecasts (Seneweb).

On Sunday 8 November, the committee, enlarged to the education committee, rejected by majority all the budget proposals of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation after a presentation by Minister Boubacar Camara. PressAfrik reported that the proposals set payment appropriations at FCFA 303.7bn, against FCFA 301bn in the 2026 initial finance law, and that members raised inconsistencies in statistical series and doubts about the sincerity of the forecasts (PressAfrik).

The Assembly's communiqué on the 7 November session said members had asked for the 2025 budget settlement law (loi de règlement) and other supporting documents (Seneweb). SeneNews reported on 8 November that no decision had been announced by the government since the committee vote, that the bill still has to go to plenary, and that the 60-day period from the bill's 12 October filing runs to around 11 December on its count (SeneNews). The finance ministry had earlier said it opposes the committee chair's request to withdraw the bill (RTS). No government statement on the weekend votes had been found by the time of writing.

Who is affected: Eurobond holders and other external private creditors, commercial-bank lenders and official bilateral creditors.
Next trigger: Plenary vote on the 2027 bill, no date announced; end of the Assembly's 60-day examination period, around 11 December on SeneNews' count; IMF Board date for the USD 2.2bn ECF, no date set.

3. What changed

  • 8 Nov · Senegal (Assembly): Finance committee rejects the Higher Education ministry's 2027 budget (PressAfrik).
  • 7 Nov · Senegal (Assembly): Finance committee rejects the Industry and Commerce ministry's 2027 budget, after voting against the revenue and debt provisions and institutions' budgets (Seneweb; Le Soleil).
  • 7–8 Nov · OFAC: No action posted; latest is the Iran-related action of 6 November (OFAC).

4. Desk notes

Venezuela. No change since 5 November. OFAC's GL 5AA authorizes, on or after 18 December 2026, transactions related to, the provision of financing for, and other dealings in the PDVSA 2020 8.5% bond that E.O. 13835 would otherwise prohibit (OFAC GL 5AA). No Third Circuit ruling on the PDV Holding sale appeals (No. 25-3347) was found.
Next trigger: PDVSA Commercial Creditors Committee announcement, 17 November (PR Newswire); GL 5AA date of 18 December 2026.

Cuba & Title III. No new OFAC Cuba action since 5 November; no new Title III ruling found. London: No new public filing.
Next trigger: BICSA wind-down under OFAC FAQ 1276 ends 14 November.

Senegal. See Top story.

Ethiopia. No change in the Eurobond restructuring; the consent solicitation for the USD 1bn 6.625% Eurobond has not been launched. Separately, Reuters reported on 5 November that a government presentation it had seen revised the size of the 2024/25 economy up by 59.2% to USD 201.42bn after GDP rebasing, and that the presentation said rebasing would lower the debt-to-GDP ratio (Reuters via CNBC Africa).

Other. Argentina: no new filing in No. 26-442 since the 2 November amicus briefs; responses due 2 December 2026 (Supreme Court docket). No new IMF press release found for Ukraine, Zambia, Ghana, Sri Lanka or Lebanon.

5. Sanctions and markets

  • OFAC (US): No action on 7 or 8 November; no new Venezuela GL after GL 5AA of 4 November (OFAC).
  • UK: UK Sanctions List last updated 3 November; no Venezuela or Cuba change (GOV.UK).
  • EU: No new Council notice on Venezuela or Cuba found in the coverage window.
  • Markets: No new sourced price reported.

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