PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, May 26: We look at reactions in the Senegalese and French press after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye appoints a new prime minister after firing his former mentor Ousmane Sonko. Also, papers react to Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on the dangers of AI and the need to "disarm". Finally, an Austrian paraglider survives a terrifying mid-air collision and Thai police officers pose in drag after a sting operation to arrest a drug smuggler.
In Senegal, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has appointed Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo as prime minister after firing Ousmane Sonko as PM last week. Lo is an economist and former executive at the Central Bank of West African States, where according to Le Monde, he played an important role in shaping monetary and economic policies at a regional level. "An economist for prime minister," the Senegalese daily Le Soleil headlines, portraying him as a seasoned specialist who has been "at the heart of the government" since the first day of Faye's presidency.
