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Ousmane Sonko at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, on October 16, 2025. [AFP]
By turns prisoner, prime minister and now president of the National Assembly, Senegal's charismatic politician and champion of pan-African sovereignty, Ousmane Sonko, has never lost his incisive way with words.
With his rise to the top of parliament on Tuesday, Sonko became the country's second-most important political figure and a counterweight to his former ally, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
The outspoken Sonko now slips back into the familiar role of opposition figure, where he made his career, following his firing as prime minister by the president on Friday.
