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Senegal's leadership row mounts as parliament speaker resigns
Key takeaways
- Some now speculate there are plans to offer the vacant speaker post to Sonko by loyalists in defiance of the president.
- Senegal's current crisis follows months of tension between Sonko and Faye.
- In a statement announcing his decision to resign as speaker on Sunday, Ndiaye said it came after "deep reflection" on "the sense of statehood".
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Paul Njie BBC Africa Anadolu via Getty Images"Deep reflection" and a "sense of duty" were El Malick Ndiaye's stated reasons for stepping down The Speaker of Senegal's parliament El Malick Ndiaye has resigned from his post days after the country's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye sacked his mentor-turned-deputy, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, and dissolved the government.
Some now speculate there are plans to offer the vacant speaker post to Sonko by loyalists in defiance of the president.
Senegal's current crisis follows months of tension between Sonko and Faye.
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