Budget 2027: MPs reject Foreign Affairs ministry’s budget
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SeneNews
The Finance Committee of Senegal’s National Assembly refused on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, to adopt the 2027 draft budget of the Foreign Affairs ministry. MPs expressed reservations about the reliability of the department’s revenue and expenditure forecasts, according to the National Assembly’s report.
The Finance and Budgetary Control Committee of the National Assembly refused to adopt the 2027 draft budget of the Ministry of African Integration, Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad (Miaaese), according to the Assembly’s report. Meeting on Tuesday 10 November in a session expanded to members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the committee expressed reservations about the sincerity and reliability of the department’s revenue and expenditure forecasts.
The envelope planned for 2027 amounts to 77.9 billion CFA francs in commitment appropriations and 75.3 billion CFA francs in payment appropriations. This rejection adds to the list of 2027 budgets refused by MPs, including that of the Health ministry.
This decision follows the rejection, on 7 November, of the Senegalese 2027 budget by the Finance Committee.
