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 2024 fading in the rear-view mirror and the municipal polls of 2027 edging over the horizon (AC Vol 65 No 7 Faye's victory shakes up the region & Vol 65 No 24 President Faye set to win in parliament as honeymoon endures)...
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...
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...
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President Bassirou Faye's government has been pushing for a fresh credit facility ever since the IMF halted a US$1...
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Vol 66 No 22 |
- NIGERIA
- SAHEL
The June 2025 selection of Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio as Ecowas chair – after Togolese efforts to block his reformist Senegalese counterpart Bassirou Diomaye Faye – was seen as a setback for the bloc's democratic agenda...
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The scandal meant that sovereign debt in 2023 before the defeat of Sall's coalition and the election of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye was 111% of GDP rather than the 74...
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Last year's revelations of undisclosed public debt in Senegal – confirmed by the IMF this year – have largely been resolved clearing the way for an IMF mission to Dakar to negotiate a programme under President Bassirou Diomaye Faye (AC Vol 66 No 13 Pressure mounts on President Faye over political reforms and anti-corruption drive)...
Vol 66 No 15 |
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE
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...
Vol 66 No 11 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
This diplomatic cold shower was reminiscent of Senegal's sudden demand for the closure of French military bases even as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye was lauding Macron for acknowledging that the French colonial army massacred Senegalese soldiers at Thiaroye in 1944 (AC Vol 65 No 25 Macron tilts to Anglophone Africa after Sahelian exits)...
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...