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Bassirou Diomaye Faye Pioneers Youth-Led Movements in Africa’s Quest for Change
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…
Senegal President names opposition leader, Sonko prime minister
Left-wing pan-Africanist, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister.
Tinubu to attend Faye’s inauguration as Senegalese president
President Bola Tinubu is set to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s president-elect, Mr Bassirou Faye as substantive president in Dakar on Tuesday at the invitation of the West African country.
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…
Senegal president urges immediate amnesty 10 days before polls
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has told his government to enact an amnesty law as soon as it is officially published, amid hope a jailed main opposition candidate could be released…
Senegal president could set election date after crisis talks
Senegal’s President Macky Sall could soon set a date for a delayed presidential election after two days of talks aimed at settling the country’s biggest political crisis in decades. Sall…
Senegal’s newly freed opponents ready to resume the fight
After more than six months behind bars, 34-year-old Mohamed Sy has just been granted his freedom — one of hundreds of detained opposition members and activists suddenly released after weeks…
Senegal president pledges to hold election ‘as soon as possible’
Senegalese President Macky Sall, who faces mounting pressure at home and abroad, vowed on Friday to organise presidential elections “as soon as possible” after the top constitutional body overruled his…
AU summit seeks to raise Africa’s voice on global stage
The African Union’s annual summit will open on Saturday against the backdrop of coups in Gabon and Niger and a political crisis in Senegal, posing challenges for the bloc as…
Senegal’s Sall facing heavy pressure to end political crisis
Senegalese President Macky Sall held a cabinet meeting on Wednesday facing international and national calls to re-schedule a postponed presidential election and resolve the grave political crisis. The United States,…