Senegal’s President appoints new Cabinet

Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said on Friday that Senegal has a new government with 25 ministers and five junior ministers.

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye,44 was the one who approved the cabinet, was inaugurated on Tuesday and appointed Sonko,a key backer, as a primer minister.

Faye succeeded President Macky Sall, whose 12 –year presidency saw rising wave of public discontent.

He made radical campaign promises such as dropping the CFA franc West African common currency, that the cabinet will be closely watch after.

Faye slightly backtracked on yhat pledge, but this week the former tax inspector promised an audit of the oil,gas and mining sectors.

Cheikh Diba as finance minister was included as Key appointments. Diba was previously the finance ministry’s director of budget programming. Abdourahmane Sarr was named economy minister.

Birame Souleye Diop, will led the oil and energy ministry, who was vice president of Sonko and Faye’s now dissolved Pastef Party.

Two generals were named interior and defence ministers.

Source: Reuters