The announcement came in a live TV broadcast less than two weeks after he fired Ousmane Sonko and dismissed the cabinet following disagreements including over the troubled economy.

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Monday announced a new government, excluding the party led by his former ally Ousmane Sonko, whom he sacked as prime minister over…

Ousted prime minister Ousmane Sonko says his Pastef party will not participate in the new government.