Bassirou Faye takes office as president of Senegal

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was on Tuesday sworn in as Senegal’s president after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison. The 44-year-old left-wing pan-Africanist, has never before held an elected office but several African leaders attended the ceremony in the new town of Diamniadio, […]

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