{"id":132,"date":"2026-11-03T20:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/?p=132"},"modified":"2026-11-03T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:07:18","slug":"senegal-lawmakers-reject-key-budget-in-major-setback-for-imf-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/news\/senegal-lawmakers-reject-key-budget-in-major-setback-for-imf-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal lawmakers reject key budget in major setback for IMF talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senegal\u2019s opposition-led parliament has rejected proposed revisions to the national budget, dealing a major blow to the country&#8217;s efforts to secure a new $2.2 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers belonging to Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko\u2019s Pastef party voted 109 to 20 against the bill, extending a tense fiscal standoff. The delay threatens to derail an expected IMF board vote next month aimed at stabilizing Senegal&#8217;s public finances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nation is currently grappling with a severe debt burden\u2014reaching 132% of GDP by the end of 2024 due to previously hidden borrowing by the former administration\u2014amid broader domestic challenges, including high unemployment, a cost-of-living crisis, and political friction between Sonko and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegal\u2019s opposition-led parliament has rejected proposed revisions to the national budget, dealing a major blow to the country&#8217;s efforts to secure a new $2.2 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Lawmakers belonging to Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko\u2019s Pastef party voted 109 to 20 against the bill, extending a tense fiscal standoff. The delay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,24,19,29],"tags":[31,30],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa-now","category-breaking-news","category-news","category-videos","tag-africa-now","tag-senegal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the3rdeye.africa\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}