Senegal president dissolves national assembly amid political tensions
After weeks of mounting tension between Senegal’s executive and the opposition-controlled Parliament, President Bassirou Diomaye has dissolved the National Assembly. The move fulfills the wishes of the president’s supporters, but it has sparked a heated debate among Senegalese citizens. “It’s in their interest” Aïssatou Diallo, a local observer, suggests the decision is strategic: “If they