Senegal prime minister sacked after losing election

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall sacked Prime Minister Aminata Toure on Friday after she failed to win a seat at local elections on Sunday, a presidential source said.

"She was sacked. She is no longer the prime minister," a source close to the presidency told Reuters.

Toure, who had held the post since September, was standing for a seat in Dakar. The government performed badly in big cities at the elections in a sign of public discontent over its economic policies.

(Reporting by Diadie Ba; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing by)