Ousted Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko won unanimous re-election on Saturday as the head of Senegal’s ruling party, solidifying his political standing amidst a deepening national crisis. Sonko, a powerful mentor-turned-rival to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, easily secured the leadership vote from 583 party delegates at a congress of their Pan-African Pastef party in Diamniadio, outside […]
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•Sonko, an opponent of former President Macky Sall, is popular among the West African nation’s youth but was barred from the March 24 presidential election due to a defamation conviction. He denied any wrongdoing. •Campaigning jointly under the slogan “Diomaye is Sonko,” Sonko urged supporters to vote for his top lieutenant, Faye, who ultimately won with over 54% of the vote in the first round.
Just a few months ago, the man set to be Senegal’s next president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sitting in a prison cell, a relatively unknown figure outside his opposition party Pastef. Everything changed for him when the party’s firebrand leader, Ousmane Sonko, who was also detained, was charged with insurrection in July and barred from […]
