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Yoro Dia accuses Ousmane Sonko of wanting to destroy Senegal

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In a post on X, former minister adviser to Macky Sall, Yoro Dia, accuses Ousmane Sonko of steering the country towards a destructive path. He shared a front page of Le Quotidien on the budget crisis and the risk of a "financial crash", according to his post of Tuesday 10 November 2026.

The former minister adviser to President Macky Sall, Dr Yoro Dia, accuses Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko of wanting to destroy Senegal. He made the claim in a post shared on the social network X on Tuesday 10 November 2026, according to SeneNews.

In this message, he accompanied a front page of the newspaper Le Quotidien devoted to the budget crisis and the spectre of a "financial crash". He accuses Ousmane Sonko of a "systemic sabotage agenda" and states that Senegal holds its rank as the continent’s beacon with the Youth Olympic Games (YOG). These remarks come amid the power struggle between the head of government and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, whose disagreements have dominated the political scene for several weeks.

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