When two elephants fight: Senegal’s political divorce and the future of democracy

There is an old African proverb: When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. Few countries today illustrate this more poignantly than Senegal. Barely two years ago, Senegal stood as a beacon of democratic renewal in West Africa. After years of political tension under former President Macky Sall, the election of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, made possible through the political sponsorship of Ousmane Sonko and the PASTEF movement, inspired optimism across the continent. Their vi...

By Caleb Ahinakwah