The significance of youth-led movements in catalyzing positive change across Africa is paramount. As articulated by Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the recently inaugurated President of Senegal and one of the continent’s…
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Defeated Senegal government faces uncomfortable truths
As anti-establishment Bassirou Diomaye Faye looks set to take Senegal’s presidency, analysts say his win also reflects a protest against the outgoing leadership and divisions within a powerful but weakened…
Senegal results show large win for opponent Faye in presidential poll
Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Senegalese presidential election with 54.28 percent of votes in the first round, official provisional results showed Wednesday. He placed well ahead…
Senegal anti-establishment candidate wins presidency
Anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was on Monday set to become the youngest president in Senegal’s history after his rival conceded the race, triggering a political earthquake in the West…
Sonko and Diomaye: Senegal’s anti-establishment figureheads
Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s leading opposition figures who were released from prison late Thursday, are key elements of an anti-establishment movement hoping to win the presidential vote…