Official: Communiqué of the Council of Ministers of Thursday, July 16, 2026

The Council of Ministers met exceptionally on Thursday, July 16, 2026 at the Palace of the Republic, chaired by President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FAYE. The head of state emphasized strengthening social dialogue amid rising public sector protests, calling for a meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the National Pact for Social Stability. He also stressed the urgency of a strategy for marketing agricultural products to ensure food sovereignty, particularly for producers in the Niayes and Senegal River Valley.