Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye fires prime minister after years of simmering tension
AP News
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Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko after years of simmering tension.
The decision was announced by government secretary general Oumar Samba Ba during a late-night broadcast 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 party who had defeated the former ruling party.
Ba said the sacking of the prime minister led to the resignation of all the members of the government and its dissolution.
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