Dakar, May 26, 2026 (AFP) - Tension between Senegal's ousted PM, president stretch back months

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2026-05-26

After months of public tensions, Senegal's president last week fired his prime minister and former ally, the charismatic politician Ousmane Sonko, who was elected on Tuesday as speaker of parliament. Sonko, the fiery leader of the sovereigntist Pastef party, was banned from running in the 2024 presidential election, and allowed his second-in-command and behind-the-scenes strategist, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, to stand instead. Two years later, their......

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