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.
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