{"id":90214,"date":"2025-11-15T15:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T15:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/political-war-erupts-in-senegal-between-faye-and-sonko"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:18:12","slug":"political-war-erupts-in-senegal-between-faye-and-sonko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/political-war-erupts-in-senegal-between-faye-and-sonko","title":{"rendered":"Political War Erupts in Senegal between Faye and Sonko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>A fierce public power struggle has erupted between Senegal\u2019s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, shaking the nation\u2019s ruling coalition and raising fundamental questions about who truly holds political authority.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The crisis ignited on Tuesday when President Faye unilaterally announced the removal of Ai\u0308ssatou Mbodj, a key Sonko ally, as head of the \u201cDiomaye Pre\u0301sident\u201d coalition that secured his 2024 election victory.<\/p>\n<p>He replaced her with his own campaign coordinator, Aminata Toure\u0301.<\/p>\n<p>The move directly contradicted Sonko\u2019s public declaration days earlier that there would be \u201cno change at the head of the coalition,\u201d marking a deliberate challenge to the Prime Minister\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sonko\u2019s party declares president\u2019s move \u201cillegal\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a swift and defiant response, Sonko convened his Pastef party, which issued a statement rejecting the president\u2019s authority to make such a change.<\/p>\n<p>The party asserted Faye \u201cdoes not have the power to dismiss\u201d Mbodj and bluntly declared it shares \u201cneither the same values nor the same principles\u201d with the president\u2019s new appointee, signaling a deep ideological and political rift within the government.<\/p>\n<p><b>A battle for control with governing at stake<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The public clash, conducted through official communique\u0301s, reveals a fundamental struggle over power.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts are now questioning President Faye\u2019s ability to govern effectively without Sonko, who commands a powerful political party and significant popular legitimacy, demonstrated by the thousands of supporters he recently rallied.<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation leaves the ruling coalition fractured and the West African nation facing a period of profound political uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. A fierce public power struggle has erupted between Senegal\u2019s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, shaking the nation\u2019s ruling coalition and raising fundamental questions about who truly holds political authority. 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