Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko asked his country Saturday to accept "sacrifices" to ensure an economic recovery within "two to three years". President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his colleague Sonko were elected in 2024 on pledges to cut debt and restore growth after years of what they say was mismanagement under previous president Macky Sall. "I am asking the Senegalese people for a sacrifice during two or three years, and I know you will accept this sacrifice," Sonko told a meeting of his Pastef party near Dakar. The west African nation is struggling to right its finances as it grapples with a budget deficit of 14 percent of GDP, and public debt estimated at 132 percent of GDP at the end of last year.