Senegal president launches new party

DAKAR: Senegal’s president has launched a new party, called Kiiraay, following his high-profile falling out with his erstwhile mentor and ex-prime minister, Ousmane Sonko. Sonko leads the Pan-Africanist party Pastef, to which both men belonged and which swept President Bassirou Diomaye Faye into office in 2024. Faye appointed Sonko prime minister immediately after becoming president, but the relationship eventually soured and culminated in Sonko’s sacking in May.

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