By
Patrick Ilunga
Contributor based in Kinshasa, DRC
Nation Media Group
The political crisis shaking Senegal could test the country’s institutions as a dramatic rupture between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his mentor Ousmane Sonko unravels.
The rupture between President Faye and former mentor Sonko has exposed a struggle for control of state power, the ruling Pastef party and Senegal’s political future.
By
Patrick Ilunga
Contributor based in Kinshasa, DRC
Nation Media Group
The political crisis shaking Senegal could test the country’s institutions as a dramatic rupture between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his mentor Ousmane Sonko unravels.

Ousmane Sonko, leader of Senegal's ruling party and recently dismissed from his post as prime minister, has stated that his party…

Senegal’s political landscape has been thrown into uncertainty following a sharp rupture between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye…

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, who came to power on promises of a political break, are…

Senegal's political tensions have moved into a new and potentially disruptive phase after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye…

Le bras de fer politique actuel est un test de résilience du régime politique sénégalais et de sa capacité à surmonter les crises.

The new government formed by Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in defiance of his powerful sacked prime minister can…