Less than four months after the inauguration of Bassirou Diomaye Faye as head of Senegal, Aminata Touré, known as “Mimi”, made a remarkable return to the national political scene. The former Prime Minister of Macky Sall was appointed, in August 2024, haute-représentante du chef de l’État, a function hitherto held in the shadow by Moustapha Niasse. A discrete, but strategic nomination, which Aminata Touré fully assumes. I’m not bored. This is going very well. I represent the Head of State on matters he wishes to entrust to me, I advise him on a fairly broad field of competence”, she explains from her residence at Ngor Virage, facing the sea. Without a portfolio or a cabinet official, she remains no less active.
Mimi Touré: “Yes, I had criticized Ousmane Sonko… ” He said, “I have been criticized by Ousmane Sonko”.
