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Senegal’s ruling alliance has split: will political turmoil follow?

By Toumani Traoré, Doctorant en Science Politique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Power struggles often play out in Senegal’s political arena, both within a party and between rival parties. To summarise British foreign minister Lord Palmerston’s argument in 1848:

In politics, there are no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests.

The situation at the top of Senegal’s executive branch is no exception.

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