Senegalese president appoints new prime minister

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has appointed Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo as the country's new prime minister, state broadcaster RTS reported Monday. Lo previously served as a minister attached to the president in charge of monitoring, steering and evaluating Senegal's national transformation agenda, "Senegal 2050."

He has also served as the minister-secretary-general of the government and as the national director of the Central Bank of West African States for Senegal. Faye dismissed former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government on Friday, according to a presidential statement.