Faye Names New Cabinet Excluding Pastef Ministers as Sonko Boycotts Amid Senegal Debt Crisis
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 2
Faye Names New Cabinet Excluding Pastef Ministers as Sonko Boycotts Amid Senegal Debt Crisis
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 2
Several Pastef ministers were dropped from Senegal’s new cabinet, including the energy and petroleum minister and the justice minister, in President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s reshuffle.
Ousmane Sonko, once Faye’s close ally, vowed to boycott the government, sharpening a political split at the top of the ruling camp.
Cheikh Diba kept the finance portfolio, preserving the official leading efforts to secure a new IMF program as Senegal confronts a debt crisis.
The reshuffle deepens uncertainty over political cohesion in Dakar just as the government needs stability to manage its strained public finances.
Can Senegal's president overcome a hostile parliament now led by his former prime minister?
As leaders clash over an IMF bailout, is Senegal choosing economic sovereignty or institutional crisis?