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Vol 67 No 8

Published 17th April 2026


Senegal

Debt time bomb blows open the Sonko-Faye pact

Dakar is paying the creditors but the political split between the president and the premier is widening

As Beijing has started to hold back vital funding, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko faces intensifying pressure to reach an accommodation with the IMF. The open rift between the fiery Sonko and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye – former allies who are now leading rival political formations – is snagging the government’s negotiations over an adjustment programme that the creditors will back.

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