Is there a link with the latest events in June, the peak of which was the attack on a bus in Yarakh? In any case, Decree 2023-1696 of August 3, 2023 amending Decree No. 2022-2308 of December 30, 2022, establishing the regime for the implementation of targeted financial sanctions linked to the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, has been repealed and will be replaced.

With regards to legislative and regulatory texts, the Council of Ministers examined and adopted the draft decree repealing and replacing decree 2023-1696 of August 3, 2023 modifying decree no. 2022-2308 of December 30, 2022 establishing the implementation regime targeted financial sanctions linked to the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Are we moving towards tougher sanctions as the threat continues to grow? Recently, Senegal was hit by an attack considered terrorist, which caused the death of two people, after people threw a Molotov cocktail during the riots last June following the conviction of Mr. Ousmane Sonko in the case Adji Sarr for corruption of youth to two years in prison.

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In any case, the old decree governing the implementation of targeted financial sanctions linked to the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was quite dissuasive. For example, Article 13 clearly states that it is decided by order, without delay and without prior notification, the freezing of all or part of the funds and other economic and financial resources belonging to terrorists or terrorist organizations, to persons or to entities suspected of financing terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Diplomacy, high cost of living and change in territorial administration: The Sall decrees

In the Council of Ministers yesterday, there were movements. If the diplomatic posts were affected and the Prison Administration changed bosses with the dismissal of Colonel Jean-Bertrand Bocandé, replaced by Colonel Abdoulaye Diagne, previously head of the Logistics Administration Chain at the General Staff of the High Command of the National Gendarmerie, the Territorial Administration has been reworked. There are at least 7 regions which have changed Governor. Oumar Mamadou Baldé leaves Tambacounda to land in Thiès, Guedj Diouf leaves Ziguinchor for Tambacounda. While Bouya Amar leaves Louga to go to Kaffrine. He is replaced by Ndèye Nguénare Mbodji, until now Prefect of Louga. Equally, Mor Talla Tine, powerful Prefect of Dakar, is the new Governor of Ziguinchor. Serigne Babacar Kane, Prefect of Rufisque, becomes Governor of Sédhiou, replacing Mr Papa Demba Diallo. In this pre-Presidential context, suspicions will not be lacking, especially since the Territorial Administration is considered a crutch of power.

Beyond the appointments, President Sall also requested “the evaluation of measures to combat the cost of living”. By the end of this month, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Commerce should present an exhaustive report to him on the measures taken by the State, a year ago, to improve the purchasing power of the population and fight against the cost of living, particularly with the fixing of prices for everyday consumer goods and the regulation of rents.  In addition, he asked for more measures to ensure a peaceful school year and the deepening of certain reforms to build the « school of the future » with continued investments, strengthening the overall management of the Senegalese School, in order to establish the transformation, social stability and sustainable performance of the education system, guarantees of achieving the objectives of the Pse.

He underlined « the imperative of strengthening the republican vocation of the school to train, from the elementary cycle, model citizens with the generalization in the programs of civic education courses and the promotion of citizenship », the transformation intensive digital transformation of the national education system, the plan to reform exams and competitions (in particular the Baccalaureate and the Bfem) in line with the school and university calendar, the evaluation of the implementation of the eleven decisions resulting from the Presidential Council of August 6, 2015 on the conclusions of the Conference of education and training.