Bassirou Diomaye Faye holds a press conference after winning the presidential elections in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) ...

“Congratulations to Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his unquestionable victory,” she said on X. It was not clear how many of the 15,633 polling stations have been counted so far.

Senegal’s new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, took the oath of office in Tuesday’s ceremony. Close behind him sat the popular opposition leader who had clinched the win.

Opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in as Senegal’s president, becoming Africa’s youngest elected leader less than three weeks after he was released from prison to run in last ...

A rift within Senegal’s government could plunge the West African nation’s already beleaguered economy into further disarray.

One year since his historic election, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's record is mixed. Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko promised a reset of the economy, a war on corruption ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye Credit - Xose Bouzas—Hans Lucas/Redux In April, just weeks after being released from prison, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in as Senegal’s youngest-ever President.

Few political turnarounds can match the last month in Senegal. Just over two weeks ago, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was a little-known opposition leader languishing in jail, detained without trial on ...

From a Dakar prison to the presidency, Senegal’s anti-establishment Bassirou Diomaye Faye embodies the winning charisma of his mentor and opposition figurehead Ousmane Sonko, who endorsed him as ...

Backers of detained opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye are taking his campaign to the streets of Senegal with posters and bracelets, drumming up support in the hope he will be ...

The jubilation that surrounded Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, in Ziguinchor (South) on Saturday, March 16, may have given their rivals for the presidential election in Senegal a few scares.