LONG TIME COMING:
The relationship between the two has soured, with PM Ousmane Sonko previously accusing President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of a ‘failure of leadership’
AFP, DAKAR
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye sacked Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government on Friday after months of tensions, deepening a crisis in the debt-laden west African nation.The shock announcement was made on state television in a decree read out by presidential aide Oumar Samba Ba, who said Faye “has ended the duties of Ousmane Sonko... and consequently those of the ministers and secretaries of state who are members of the government.”No details were provided on the appointment of a new prime minister.
Former Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko, left, is cheered by supporters as he arrives at his home in Dakar yesterday following his dismissal.
