Supporters of Ousmane Sonko gather to protest in front of his house in Dakar on May 22, 2026 following his dismissal as Senegal's prime minster. Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on May 22 sacked Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government after months of tensions, deepening a crisis in the debt-laden west African nation. The shock announcement was made on state television in a decree read out by presidential aide Oumar Samba Ba, who said Faye "has ended the duties of Ousmane Sonko... and consequently those of the ministers and secretaries of state who are members of the government". (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)