Senegal
Turf wars at the top reach boiling point

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Dakar, on 16 October 2025.
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in Dakar, on 16 October 2025. © Patrick Meinhardt/AFP
Eighteen months after coming to power, tensions between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko are hampering the machinery of state just as Senegal weathers its worst ever financial crisis. [...]
Reading time 4 minutes Pierre-Elie de Rohan Chabot
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