Senegal • The businessmen, marabouts and fixers in Ousmane Sonko’s inner circle

Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko counts on a varied network to boost Senegal’s economy. The circle includes construction entrepreneurs, former contractors for the finance ministry – which Sonko himself served in – and a handful of religious figures.One of them took part in a meeting last year that still intrigues to this day. Abdou Mbacké, a Muslim preacher known for his close ties to the prime minister, was received in the Paris office of Éric […]



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