Senegal prime minister sacked

Senegal’s Prime Minister Aminata Toure, who has only
been in power since September 2013, has been removed
from office less than a week after her ruling party was
beaten in local elections.
Toure “is no longer prime minister, she was sacked,” said
one of her advisors. According to another of her officials,
Toure was sacked by President Macky Sall who “asked her
to leave”.
The Senegalese Press Agency and national radio both
reported that Toure had left government.
Toure, head of the Alliance for the Republic (APR), was
named prime minister last year to replace incumbent
Abdoul Mbaye.
Her departure comes less than a week after preliminary
results from local elections showed defeats for the APR in
Dakar and a number of key cities across the country.
Official results are still being awaited.
Many members of the government who were running in
the local polls were beaten in their strongholds — a blow
for the APR who controlled only a few towns before the
election and were hoping to reinforce their local support
bases.
More than 5.3 million people were eligible to vote for
more than 2,700 councillors across the country.