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'If I were president': Cracks appear in Senegal's top political double act

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrives for a meeting with France's President at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on August 27, 2025. [AFP]

After trading run-ins with the former government for the corridors of power, Senegal's dynamic duo of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko enjoyed a year-long honeymoon.

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