Senegal's Power Struggle: A Tale of Two Economists and a Nation in Crisis The appointment of Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo as Prime Minister of Senegal has sparked a fresh wave of tensions in West Africa's economic hub, where President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's decision to sack Ousmane Sonko has left the country on the brink of institutional collapse.
At its core, this is not merely a struggle for power between two politicians but also a battle over Senegal's economic future.
Lo, a former regional central bank official, brings expertise from his work with the IMF, which has guided Senegal through its current debt crisis. With a crippling 132% debt to GDP ratio and a suspended $1.