Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko counts on a varied network to boost Senegal's economy. The circle includes construction entrepreneurs, former contractors for the finance ministry – which Sonko himself served in – and a handful of religious figures.
One of them took part in a meeting last year that still intrigues to this day. Abdou Mbacké, a Muslim preacher known for his close ties to the prime minister, was received in the Paris office of Éric Duval, founder of the French firm of the same name and the
