Senegal: in Mbour, First Meeting for the Diomaye Coalition President

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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye organized his first big meeting this weekend since he came to power two years ago. A rally in his Mbour fief, presented as a test of popularity but also as a political signal, in a context of growing tensions with his Prime Minister Ousmane Soenko. The president was finally absent.

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Planned as a moment of meeting with the territorial elected representatives, the displacement of the President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, to Mbour is undergoing a programme adjustment. According to dakaractu, the hearings that the Head of State had to grant to several mayors of the Petite Côte have been cancelled. This decision comes at a time when the presidential visit was announced as an opportunity for discussions with the local…