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Vol 55 No 14

Published 11th July 2014


Senegal

Macky the knife

President Macky Sall responded to his coalition’s poor showing in the 29 June local elections by sacking Prime Minister Aminata Touré and several other ministers. The local elections are more of a voters’ verdict on central government than most because many cabinet ministers are also local councillors or mayors.

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