So the appointment of some respected former ministers and other public figures looks probable – perhaps former premier Aminata Touré – who has supported Sonko over the past 18 months – or Thierno Alassane Sall a parliamentarian noted for his commitment to financial rigour and transparency...
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Though the constitutional council rejected numerous hopefuls who failed to get sufficient nomination signatures – like former prime minister Aminata Touré – or satisfy other criteria 20 candidates have been approved compared with five in the 2019 contest...
A host of other contenders are hoping to squeeze into the race among them former prime minister Aminata 'Mimi' Touré and former oil minister Thierno Alassane Sall a powerful voice on governance issues...
Perhaps the more electorally dangerous challenge to the head of state could come former Prime Minister Aminata 'Mimi' Touré (AC Vol 54 No 25 Sall struggles to stay on course)...
But Sall's core political base is itself now under pressure from former prime minister Aminata 'Mimi' Touré for many years a loyal acolyte even after being dropped from the premiership in 2014 and then the leadership of the Economic and Social and Environmental Council in 2020...
Former Prime Minister Aminata Touré's protestations that Sall has no plans to stand for a further term have failed to convince...
The latest and potentially very dangerous addition to this mix is a fuming Aminata Touré who headed the BBY list going into the legislative elections and was fully expecting to be given the job now awarded to the Sall-Faye insider Diop that of president of the Assemblée nationale...
Benno's national and Dakar campaign chiefs Aminata Touré and Amadou Ba did not top the polls in their own districts...
To head the list for the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) alliance President Macky Sall has turned to his former prime minister Aminata 'Mimi' Touré in preference to former foreign and finance minister Amadou Ba...
Just two years after coming to office the President suffered a humiliating municipal elections defeat that forced the resignation of his charismatic Prime Minister Aminata 'Mimi' Touré...
In a brutal reshuffle late last year the president pushed out his loyal presidency secretary-general Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne economic and social council chief Aminata Touré and able ministers such as Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé and Amadou Bâ who were seen as potential succession candidates for his Alliance pour la république (APR) party...
