Sonko accuses Trump of destabilising the world

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has hit out at Donald Trump over the United States-Israel war against Iran.

Speaking on Thursday at an international conference on sovereignty in Senegal’s capital Dakar, Sonko accused the American president of upending the global order — to no benefit.

“Reducing Iran’s ballistic capabilities has not been achieved. Forcing Iran to abandon all nuclear programmes, both civil and military, is not an objective that has been achieved,” Sonko told the audience.

The conference was hosted by French political scientist Pascal Boniface.

Boniface said the world is witnessing a historic shift, with the emergence of the Global South — and its demand to be treated as an equal.

Sonko called for African nations to join forces and pool their power.

He also pointed to Africa’s youth as a “force to be mobilised”, saying sovereignty cannot be achieved without their involvement. — Wires