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Parliamentary elections divide leaders of influential Mourides brotherhood in Touba

Elections are set to take place in July and major divisions within the powerful Mbacké family persist. Some support President Macky Sall, and others Ousmane Sonko's opposition coalition. [...]

Published on 26.05.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Presidential candidates court top echelons of Mouride brotherhood

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Thierno Ba, friend to Macky Sall and key military equipment broker

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Aminata Touré has become one of the government's fiercest critics and no longer hides her ambitions for Senegal's 2024 election. The former prime minister may found her own party and has powwowed with disgruntled majority members in order to develop a strategy.

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Aminata Touré, former prime minister of Senegal and incoming Member of Parliament, in Dakar, on 8 September 2022.

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Macky Sall's APR party riven by divisions as parliamentary elections loom

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Race to be prime minister whets the appetite of Macky Sall's barons

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Macky Sall facing the headache of Senegalese overseas voters for 2022 legislative elections

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Sall's grand manoeuvrings ahead of legislatives

The Senegalese president could carry out the long-awaited cabinet reshuffle after the 31 July elections this year and his camp is already considering alliances with some parties of the opposition, starting with Abdoulaye Wade's APR.

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Senegalese President Macky Sall during the inauguration ceremony of the Abdoulaye Wade stadium in Diamniadio on 24 February 2022.

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Guinea
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Senegal
Parliamentary elections divide leaders of influential Mourides brotherhood in Touba

Inner circles | Senegal
Presidential candidates court top echelons of Mouride brotherhood

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Thierno Ba, friend to Macky Sall and key military equipment broker

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