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Senegal reshuffles cabinet to create ‘commitment and combat’ government
Senegal reshuffled its cabinet late last week to create “a government of commitment and combat,” Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said. Yassine Fall, a Sonko ally who had been the foreign minister since last year, was moved to the position of justice minister. She will be replaced by Cheikh Niang, a career diplomat who was Senegal’s permanent representative to the United Nations. Sonko’s lawyer, Bamba Cissé, will become interior minister.A power str…
In the wake of the government restructuring announced on 6 September, the Alliance for the Republic (APR) reacted strongly. In a statement issued by its National Executive Secretariat, the party of former President Macky Sall believes that the changes made in the government team constitute "a deepening of the establishment of a dictatorship" in Senegal. The APR points particularly to the Ministries of Justice and the Interior, where it sees a "c…
Senegal: Government Reshuffles Cabinet Amid Economic Tension
By Enyichukwu Enemanna In a major cabinet shake-up, Senegal’s government has replaced the justice and interior ministers, assuring a “government of commitment and combat” as the West African nation makes efforts to resuscitate the economy. The reshuffle, made public late Saturday comes amid signs of strained relations between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko. They both pledged change after taking office last …
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