Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on May 22, marking the end of a political alliance that had been under strain for months. Internal rivalries, governance disputes, disagreements over economic reforms, and power struggles ultimately fractured the partnership that symbolized change after Macky Sall’s presidency. In this analysis, political commentator Fatimata Wane discusses the causes and consequences of this major political crisis at the heart of Senegal’s government with Babacar Ndiaye, research director at the WATHI think tank.