Senegal: navigating turbulent political waters

The Diomaye-Sonko partnership survived barely two years. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has removed Ousmane Sonko from the Prime Minister’s office. Now serving as President of the National Assembly, Sonko has been overwhelmingly re-elected leader of the Pastef, the majority party in Parliament that remains excluded from the government. How did tensions escalate to this critical point? Will the cohabitation between the President and the Assembly leader endure? Could these political clashes overshadow the pressing needs of Senegalese citizens?