8 billion economic adjustment programme after a financial review in Dakar uncovered a $7bn fiscal hole created by the predecessor government of President Macky Sall deliberately under-stating the level of the country's indebtedness...

A test case is coming up with the corruption indictments of five former ministers from Macky Sall's administration – including Macky Sall's brother-in-law Amadou Mansour Faye...

The government's handling of the case so far has prompted claims of political bias criticisms that Diomaye Faye and Sonko had levelled at Macky Sall...

Macky Sall's supporters may dismiss the conviction of the ex-ministers as politically motivated...

Ba and Khalifa Sall joined in the national dialogue but the talks were boycotted by Thierno Alassane Sall and Aissata Tall Sall the former foreign and justice minister who now leads Macky Sall's allies in parliament...

One way to bolster public confidence would be to ensure the electoral commission's independence and upgrading the Conseil constitutionnel – the body that upheld democracy last year by ruling that Macky Sall's term had ended and a new president had to be elected (AC Vol 65 No 7 Faye's victory shakes up the region & Vol 65 No 5 After Sall's U-turn elections likely within two weeks)...

As a top official in President Macky Sall's government he may not be assured of support by its successor under President Bassirou Diomaye Faye...

5% previously reported by the administration of then President Macky Sall...

Former President Macky Sall leads the new opposition coalition Takku Wallu Sénégal...

It will be able to fulfill its campaign promise to set up the High Court of the Republic the sole tribunal with the power to try former president Macky Sall and his ministers for their actions in office...

The French supermarket brand Auchan – which did not arrive in Senegal until 2014 decades after the end of colonialism – was a prime target during the recent years of protest against former president Macky Sall: 39 of its shops were looted destruction that cost 300 jobs for local people...

The crunch came with a breakdown in relations between the confrontational Sonko and the outgoing legislative majority loyal to former head of state Macky Sall and his Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) alliance (AC Vol 65 No 11 Faye's diplomatic rounds)...

Former president Macky Sall – now operating from Marrakech – had clearly been expecting the dissolution and on 3 September he made a farewell address to his parliamentary supporters...