Would Ouattara then retain influence – in a Togolese-style arrangement à la Faure Gnassingbé or a dual leadership model like Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko (AC Vol 65 No 7 Faye's victory shakes up the region)...

The youngish government of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye 45 and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko 50 is at a crossroads seven months after winning a super-majority in the parliament...

Faye and Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko were also welcomed to Sahelian capitals last year yet they could not convince the Malian Nigérien and Burkinabè leaders Assimi Goïta Abdourahamane Tiani and Ibrahim Traoré to drop their plan to quit Ecowas...

SenegalIn Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected last March in place of his legally barred patron Ousmane Sonko...

Senegal's prime minister Ousmane Sonko took to X to furiously declare that it was not up to France alone to determine how many had died...

With Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko still enjoying a political honeymoon Pastef has looked strong from the outset (AC Vol 65 No 7 Faye's victory shakes up the region)...

A year ago Ousmane Sonko was in jail his hopes of standing in Senegal's 2024 presidential poll clearly doomed...

The current atmosphere favours politicians seeking to challenge France over its role in the West African economy such as Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko...