How will Bassirou Diomaye Faye govern Senegal?
This week, the Tree of Palabres debate focuses on the growing political tensions in Senegal between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his former Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko. Éric Topona’s guests dissect this unprecedented political shift.
Ousmane Sonko, recently dismissed by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on 22 May 2025, has been elected Speaker of the National Assembly, securing a landslide victory backed by his party’s majority in Parliament. This comes despite deep policy disagreements with the President, who shares the same political roots in the Pastef movement.
On Monday evening, Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô, a former senior official at the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), was appointed Prime Minister. With Sonko now holding the second-highest office in the country, the question arises: can President Bassirou Diomaye Faye advance his reform agenda while navigating Senegal’s pressing economic challenges?
To explore this critical issue, Éric Topona welcomes a panel of experts:
- Mamoudou Ibra Kane, journalist and author of *The Third Alternance in Senegal: My Double Perspective*, offering insights from the late constitutional council president Mamadou Badio Camara and leadership of the
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