The political atmosphere is heating up in Senegal with tensions on the rise particularly over the upcoming Declaration of General Policy (DPG) by Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko.

An extraordinary session of Parliament has been scheduled for September 11 to address this.

The Conference of Presidents of the National Assembly, now dominated by the opposition party Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY), has set the date for this presentation.

Augustine Kollie completes the story.