August 6, 2026

The African Tribune

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Funding revival in Senegal as aldiouma sow critiques sonko’s approach

Senegal has recently secured two major funding agreements, totaling 340 billion CFA francs from the World Bank and 20 billion CFA francs from the African Development Bank (AfDB), signaling a renewed confidence from international lenders in the country’s economic trajectory.

Reacting to these developments, Aldiouma Sow, a senior advisor to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, delivered a pointed critique of his political adversaries, particularly Ousmane Sonko and his allies. Sow framed the recent financial injections as a stark contrast to the previous administration’s policies, which he described as ideologically driven and counterproductive.