Senegal's 2024 Reform Coalition Splits Into Two Rival Camps

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye launched Kiiraay-The Republican Patriots in Dakar on July 26, 2026, after dismissing Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in May. Faye frames the party around "ethics" and institutions; Sonko retains PASTEF's grassroots machinery. The two allies who won 2024 together now compete for the same electoral base.