Lompoul shipwreck: Alioune Tine urges Faye and Sonko to talk
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
The Lompoul shipwreck has left 39 dead. The president of Afrikajom Center, Alioune Tine, calls on President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko to hold talks to address social emergencies, according to Senego.
The Lompoul shipwreck has left 39 dead, according to Senego. Alioune Tine, president of Afrikajom Center, calls on Senegal’s leaders to set aside their differences to address social emergencies. He calls for institutional dialogue between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko.
Alioune Tine regrets that the official tributes paid after the tragedy are not in keeping with the human losses. He also criticises a political class more preoccupied with partisan rivalries than with the concerns of the population, Senego reports. On Monday 9 November 2026, four recovered bodies were buried in Saré Dao.
On 31 October, Cheikh Bara Ndiaye had already accused Mr Faye of excluding Mr Sonko from a ceremony, an episode that illustrates the tensions between the two leaders.
