Bassirou Diomaye Faye
2 Apr 2024
President Bola Tinubu will, today, depart Abuja for Dakar to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. A statement by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, yesterday in Abuja...
1 Apr 2024
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will attend the inauguration of Senegal's President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. According to a statement signed by Presidency spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale on X, Tinubu is set to depart Abuja on Tuesday, April 2 for Dakar, the capital of Senegal. "The President’s trip is on the invitation of the Republic of Senegal," said…
31 Mar 2024
When Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn in on Tuesday after winning Senegal's presidential election on a wave of change, the challenges he faces seem as tough as the expectations are high.
29 Mar 2024
Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria has a huge lesson to learn from Senegal whose recent elections saw the emergence of Bassirou Faye as president. Little-known 44-year-old opposition leader Faye was named the country’s next president on Monday, 25 March 2024. This came just less than two weeks after he was released from prison to run…
29 Mar 2024
The African Union on Friday congratulated anti-establishment opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Senegal's presidential election and hailed the "unanimous acceptance of the results".
28 Mar 2024
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.
17 Mar 2024
Senegal's charismatic opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his coalition's presidential candidate flew to the south of the country Saturday, pressing on with their election campaign less than two weeks before the vote.
16 Mar 2024
Senegal's anti-establishment figureheads have emerged stronger from a three-year struggle against President Macky Sall's government and the courts after their release from prison ahead of this month's election, analysts say.
2 Mar 2024
Several hundred people rallied in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Saturday calling for the country's postponed presidential elections to be held before April 2, the date when incumbent Macky Sall's term is set to end.
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