Inner circles | Senegal
Armed forces minister Omar Youm contends with Macky Sall's advisers

The Minister for the Armed Forces, Oumar Youm, in Thiandène, Senegal, in December 2014.
The Minister for the Armed Forces, Oumar Youm, in Thiandène, Senegal, in December 2014. © Aliou Mbaye/PanaPress/MaxPPP
The appointment of Youm has provided prime minister and presidential candidate Amadou Ba with a valuable local ally in Mbou. But the new minister has few ties within military circles and is having to contend with the president's eminences grises to run his ministry. [...]
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