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President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, at the 68th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on December 14, 2025. [AFP]
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Monday announced a new government featuring several members and allies of a party led by sacked prime minister and estranged ally Ousmane Sonko, who had vowed his group would not join it.
Faye's announcement came in a live television broadcast less than two weeks after he fired Sonko, his former mentor, and dismissed the cabinet following disagreements including over the troubled economy.
A popular figure, Sonko was promptly elected speaker of parliament by allies in a vote boycotted by the opposition, deepening the political crisis in the west African country.
