After months of tensions, Senegal's president sacks prime minister Sonko

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Senegal’s Faye Sacks Sonko Government Amid Widening Policy Rift Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko after months of simmering tension DAKAR, Senegal -- DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal ’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko after months of simmering tension. The decision was announced by the secretary general of the government, Oumar Samba Ba, during a late-night broadcast on Friday. The firing caps a period of open confrontation between the two former allies from the Patriotes Africains du Sénégal pour le Travail, l’Éthique et la Fraternité (Pastef) party, who had defeated the former ruling party in March 2024.