Senegal’s president, Faye, sacks Prime Minister, Sonko, after months of tensions

By Wale Odunsi Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye sacked Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government on Friday after months of tensions, deepening a crisis in the debt-laden west African nation. The shock announcement was made on state television in a decree read out by presidential aide Oumar Samba Ba, who said Faye “has […]