In Senegal, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s recent cabinet reshuffle is drawing sharp criticism from the opposition.

The move, which brought in new faces and reassigned key portfolios, is being denounced by rivals as a political maneuver to tighten Pastef’s grip on state institutions.

The Front for the Defense of Democracy and the Republic (FDR), a coalition of opposition parties, has vowed to launch public mobilizations in the coming weeks to challenge the reshuffle.