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Who is Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s new president?
44-year-old Faye won the March 24 election with 54.2 per cent of the vote. He has promised to restore the republic’s institutions, renegotiate mining and energy contracts, and work towards monetary reform, including potentially a new currency, writes TANUPRIYA SINGH
NEW BROOM: Presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, center, and Senegal's top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, left, hold a broom, a symbol of their campaign, at a final rally in Mbour, Senegal, last Friday
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OPPOSITION leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to assume the presidency of Senegal after the historic election of March 24.
On March 27, the Court of Appeal of Dakar announced the official provisional results based on data from all polling stations, with 44-year-old Faye securing 54.28 per cent of the votes. In second place is former prime minister Amadou Ba, from outgoing president Macky Sall’s ruling Alliance for the Republic (BBY) coalition, with 35.79 per cent.
The Constitutional Council will now examine any possible appeals ahead of the validation and official declaration of the final results. 7.3 million people were registered to vote in the elections, which saw a voter turnout of 61.3 per cent.
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