In Senegal, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on May 22, finalizing a political rift that had been building for months. Internal rivalries, governance disputes, economic reform disagreements, and power struggles shattered the partnership that once symbolized a bold departure from Macky Sall’s era. In this analysis, political analyst Babacar Ndiaye, director of the WATHI think tank, dissects the roots and repercussions of this high-stakes crisis at the heart of Senegal’s government.