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August 29 – From Dismissed Public Servant to Head of Government: the Fulcruming Ascent of Ousmane Sonko

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On 29 August 2016 he was removed from the public service by presidential decree signed by Macky Sall, then Head of State, and countersigned by his Prime Minister, Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne. The decision followed several media releases from Sonko, in which he accused the current regime of maintaining a system of tax evasion and organized misappropriation. His revelations, considered to be disturbing for the power, resulted in him being accuse…
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On 29 August 2016 he was removed from the public service by presidential decree signed by Macky Sall, then Head of State, and countersigned by his Prime Minister, Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne. The decision followed several media releases from Sonko, in which he accused the current regime of maintaining a system of tax evasion and organized misappropriation. His revelations, considered to be disturbing for the power, resulted in him being accuse…

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senenews.com broke the news in on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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