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Will Senegal's New President Shake Up External Relations?

Public acclaim for Senegal's democracy is being followed by uncertainty about how President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his political mentor and now PM Ousmane Sonko might conduct Senegal's external relations, write Aissatou Kanté and Sampson Kwarkye of the Institute for Security Studies.

The pair explain that the new leaders' brief campaign meant the candidates couldn't present detailed manifestos. Now concerns about possibly repositioning the country are borne out of Faye and Sonko's pre-election rhetoric - like calling for the reclamation of Senegal's sovereignty, suggesting possible reforms of the CFA franc and the introduction of a new national currency, and renegotiating unbalanced natural resources contracts.

Senegal's foreign policy has traditionally featured relations with four main strategic partners: France, Saudi Arabia, the United States (US), and Morocco.

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Senegalese President Diomaye Faye.

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