🔴 Senegal's opposition-dominated parliament rejects key revised budget bill

We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Senegal's opposition-dominated parliament rejects revised budget bill Senegal's powerful opposition party Pastef, led by former presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko,on Tuesday rejected a revised version of the country's budget, leaving the west African nation's enormous budget hanging in the balance.The revised ‌budget is crucial ‌to the West African country sealing a new programme with the International Monetary Fund. Ousmane Sonko speaks following his election as the President of the National Assembly in Dakar, Senegal, on May 26, 2026. © Misper Apawu, AP The rejection is a severe blow to Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye because it weakensSenegal's ability to get a grip on its public-sector debt, which was estimated at 132 percent of GDP at the end of 2024. Read moreSenegal's ousted PM Sonko re-elected head of his political party Sonko's Pastef controls 130 of Parliament's 165 seats.

Its charismatic leader Sonko, who is also speaker of the National Assembly, is in a long-running feud with the nation's president. 1. 1 ## Nine killed as business jet crashes into South Florida neighbourhood Americas 2. 2 ## 'Atmosphere of fear': Trump moves to curtail voting rights ahead of the midterms Americas 3. 3 ## Some 320,000 demonstrators take part in largely peaceful protests across France France 4. 4 ## Iran's Khamenei warns US and Israel against new attacks Middle East 5. 5 ## Iran warns renewed war with US could outlast previous conflict Middle East Includes a video 1 min 6. 6 ## French high school blockades to restart on Monday, student unions say France © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved. France 24 is not responsible for the content of external websites. Audience ratings certified by ACPM.ACPM The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore.