As the 44-year-old is sworn in after a crucial election, we chart the road to victory for Africa’s newest and youngest leader. It was three days after Senegal’s contested March 24 presidential election – the day provisional results were announced – and there was a sense that something had turned: a new vigour for democracy brought about by the election …
Opposition supporters take to streets in celebration but ruling coalition says a run-off will be needed to determine the winner. Supporters of Senegal’s presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye have taken to the streets of the capital, Dakar, in celebration as early results from Sunday’s vote showed the opposition contender in the lead. At stake is the potential end of an …
