Senegal’s new president, Basiro Diomaye Faye, has appointed his biggest backer in the election, Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister, one of the most vocal opponents of former Senegalese President Macky Sall.

“I understand the importance of the trust that President Faye has placed in me,” Sonko, 49, said on RTS, adding that he would form the new government “in the coming hours.”

Sonko was arrested in July 2023 on charges of “calling for disobedience”, and the Constitutional Council rejected his candidacy for the presidency in January, after which he supported the candidacy of his assistant Baciro Diomay Faye, who has been suspended since April 2023 on charges of “contempt of the judiciary” after broadcasting a message critical of the judiciary.
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Senegalese President, Basserou Diomahi Faye, discussed with Malian leader, Assimi Goaita, in the Malian capital, Bamako, the issue of Mali remaining in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

“I understand Mali’s position, which, despite its rigidity, is not completely inflexible,” Fay said during his first official visit to Mali.

Fei stressed that all parties must work together to find positive ways to enhance integration, including through bilateral cooperation, and also “by trying to correct the mistakes we have observed in multilateral cooperation,” as he put it.

In the same context, Fay visited Burkina Faso on Thursday, and met with the head of the transitional authority, Ibrahim Traoré, in the capital, Ouagadougou.
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The new Senegalese President, Bassirou Faye, called for the issue of the French military presence in Senegal to be discussed “calmly” and “without a sudden break,” stressing the need to get rid of French hegemony in a smooth manner.

This came in a press statement he made on Saturday, where he indicated that this issue would be discussed through the usual diplomatic methods between countries.

Faye raised this issue within the framework of the agenda of the Senegalese presidential elections, as Senegal’s relationship with France and the fate of French military bases were crucial issues.

For his part, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko wondered about the justifications for the French army continuing to use military bases in Senegal and the impact of this on national sovereignty.
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The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, announced the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathili as a special presidential envoy to mediate between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Sahel Confederation.

assigned to with the Tri-Sahel Alliance (Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso), which decided to leave ECOWAS and form a confederation.

Faye confirmed that he was able to convince Batelli to assume the task of special presidential envoy on international issues, about three months after his resignation as head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya.

“I was able to convince Abdullahi Bathili to make him my special envoy, not only in the mediation mission in which ECOWAS engaged me, but also in other tasks in which I will need his experience, respect and stature,” Faye said.
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