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	Senegal
Population:	18.66m
GDP:	$33.68bn
Debt:	72.5% of GDP (2024)

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Vol 67 No 10 |

SENEGAL

Premier Sonko bids for control of Pastef at the June Congress

11th May 2026

The electoral reforms passed last week allow Ousmane Sonko to stand in 2027 – but first he must wrest the party he built from the president he made

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko’s feud over the future of their Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité party is...

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Vol 67 No 8 |

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Finance chief Diba seeks debt compromise at IMF’s Washington summit

13th April 2026

Dakar’s negotiating team with the Fund wants to avoid a complex restructuring deal that will put the Sonko government’s growth plans on hold

Finance Minister Cheikh Diba is in Washington for high-stakes talks at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings from 13-18 April for a fresh funding programme as the...

Vol 67 No 8 |

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Debt time bomb blows open the Sonko-Faye pact

8th April 2026

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...

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Vol 67 No 6 |

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Premier Sonko threatens walk-out as feud with President Faye deepens

9th March 2026

Fight over IMF loan is pitting technocrats against radicals within the government

Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has threatened to take his Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité (Pastef) party out of government as the power...

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Vol 67 No 5 |

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Sonko’s last stand as debt trap closes in

26th February 2026

With the economy in technical default and a student killed in campus protests, the prime minister may be forced to accept an IMF-debt restructuring

Senegal’s government is sliding toward a financial reckoning. Now Africa's most indebted country – its debts are estimated at 132% of GDP after a post-election audit exposed US$7...

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Vol 67 No 2 |

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Sonko and Chapo play a waiting game with the IMF

19th January 2026

Two resource-based economies are being held back by legacies of mismanaged debt

The governments in Dakar and Maputo are playing ‘wait and see’ with the IMF as they work out the parameters of new borrowing and economic reform programmes with...

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Vol 67 No 1 |

The tipping point

9th January 2026

Will President and Prime Minister agree to set aside differences and work together to meet great expectations and stop jihadists on the border?

This has to be the year of delivery for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko as their administration moves into midterm, the electoral triumphs of...

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