Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a former tax official held in prison on government charges a little over two weeks ago, has been sworn in as Senegal’s fifth and youngest ever president.

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

Supporters of presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye gather outside his campaign headquarters after preliminary results put him as the expected winner, in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, March 25, 2024.

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 ...

Just weeks after being released from jail, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal's youngest ever president following an extraordinary election victory. The meteoric rise of The 44-year ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a Senegalese political newcomer who is set to be declared the country’s next president, has vowed to govern with humility and transparency. Provisional results from Sunday ...

In April, just weeks after being released from prison, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in as Senegal’s youngest-ever President. The 44-year-old former tax inspector turned politician campaigned ...

Senegal’s top court confirms Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s election victory The 44-year-old will be inaugurated to replace Macky Sall, who ruled the West African nation for 12 years.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in Tuesday in Diamniadio as Senegal’s fifth president, having defeated main rival and ruling party coalition candidate Amadou Ba and winning the delayed election ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a previously little-known tax inspector freed from jail two weeks ago, looks likely to become Senegal’s next president after a vote that observers say is proof of the ...

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 ...

Senegalese opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to win the nation’s presidential election, a seismic shift in the political landscape of one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.