Senegal President Dismisses PM Sonko, Deepening Political Crisis

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and replaced him with economist Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô, according to Africanews. The move escalates an internal power struggle within Senegal's government as parliament prepares to vote on Sonko's reinstatement as a lawmaker, intensifying political tensions at the highest levels of the state.