The newly inaugurated president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has named the chief of the largest opposition occasion as his prime minister. Ousmane Sonko is President Faye’s political mentor and the 2 had been imprisoned simply earlier than the March elections. They have been granted amnesty, alongside many different political prisoners, by the outgoing President Macky Sall. Mr Sonko had initially been named because the opposition’s presidential candidate till he was arrested and dominated ineligible to face – a transfer that sparked mass protests. Throughout campaigns each Mr Sonko and Mr Faye outlined radical political and financial reforms, together with nationwide reconciliation after months of turmoil sparked by their jailing. In his inauguration speech on Tuesday, President Faye stated Senegal would turn into a rustic of hope with a strengthened democracy.
SOURCE: BBC
