Senegal Swears in New President

The 44-year-old opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been sworn in as the fifth Senegalese president.

He was sworn in on Tuesday as Senegal’s youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison.

“Before God and the Senegalese nation, I swear to faithfully fulfil the office of President of the Republic of Senegal,” the 44-year-old said before hundreds of officials and several African heads of state at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar.

Faye took over from the immediate past president, Macky Sall in an event witnessed by African leaders in the new town of Diamniadio, near the capital Dakar.

Nigeria’s President and the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Bola Tinubu, was among Heads of States and Government at the event.

AFP / Titilayo Kupoliyi

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