On 8 September Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo told the Assemblée Nationale that the government would not agree to a formal debt restructuring but would ‘reprofile' its obligations extending maturities and renegotiating interest rates rather than imposing haircuts on creditors...
He has appointed a new prime minister central banker and macroeconomist Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo who shares his policy outlook and pledged ‘institutional coherence'; contrasting himself with Sonko's refusal to align with Faye on the IMF question...