Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan who was present in Bissau during the coup suspect that Embaló was involved in some kind of subterfuge...

After a public rift that shook their political brotherhood and threatened crucial negotiations with the IMF President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko have stepped back from open confrontation...

Faye contested the 2024 presidential election in place of Sonko – disqualified by a conviction for defaming a minister (AC Vol 64 No 12 Street hits back for Sonko Vol 65 No 1 Sonko's long walk to the ballot box Vol 65 No 3 A crowded field & Vol 65 No 24 Profile: Ousmane Sonko – Premier League)...

NAVIGATING THE DEBT CRISIS Painful choices lie ahead for Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye as they try to finalise a deal with the International Monetary Fund on a new programme after the discovery of US$7 billion in hidden debt incurred under former President Macky Sall between 2019 and 2024...

Would Ouattara then retain influence – in a Togolese-style arrangement à la Faure Gnassingbé or a dual leadership model like Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko (AC Vol 65 No 7 Faye's victory shakes up the region)...

The youngish government of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye 45 and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko 50 is at a crossroads seven months after winning a super-majority in the parliament...

Faye and Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko were also welcomed to Sahelian capitals last year yet they could not convince the Malian Nigérien and Burkinabè leaders Assimi Goïta Abdourahamane Tiani and Ibrahim Traoré to drop their plan to quit Ecowas...

SenegalIn Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected last March in place of his legally barred patron Ousmane Sonko...

Senegal's prime minister Ousmane Sonko took to X to furiously declare that it was not up to France alone to determine how many had died...

With Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko still enjoying a political honeymoon Pastef has looked strong from the outset (AC Vol 65 No 7 Faye's victory shakes up the region)...