{"id":38946,"date":"2026-07-07T07:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38946"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:10:13","slug":"senegal-president-launches-new-political-party","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/senegal-president-launches-new-political-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal President launches new political party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has announced the launch of his own political party, signaling a definitive split from Pastef and his long-time political mentor, Ousmane Sonko.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The major political shift puts an end to months of intense speculation regarding the head of state&#8217;s future. The move comes amid a profound political realignment at the highest level of government, following a steady breakdown in relations between Faye and his former Prime Minister. The growing friction culminated in Sonko being ousted from the premiership in May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By building his own political platform, Faye is consolidating his power independently, effectively redrawing Senegal\u2019s political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38947,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-38946","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Senegal President breaks with Pastef to launch new party","published_date":"2026-07-07 07:10:06","news_description":"Senegal President breaks with Pastef to launch new party","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38948,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38946\/revisions\/38948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}