Senegal's new leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye has called for a rethink of the country's relationship with the EU during a visit by European Council President Charles Michel.
Mr President, it is gratifying to see the newly elected Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye make its first visit to The Gambia, to discuss pertinent issues including cementing the...
Despite pre-election rhetoric, long-standing principles and regional realities will likely guide international relations.
A political think-tank, #FixPolitics Africa, has applauded the election of President Bassirou Faye of Senegal, describing it as the triumph of the democratic spirit and collective will of the Se...
Depigmentation in Senegal leads to a high rate of cancer.
An official source has confirmed to The Point that the Senegalese new president, Basirou Diomaye Faye will make his first official visit to The Gambia on Saturday, 20 April 2024 for a day workin...
Nairobi -- Prioritize Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
Ranga Mataire -- The recent electoral victory by an opposition figure in Senegal saw some local opposition desperately attempting to appropriate his triumph as theirs.
Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said the government was approved by Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who promised radical reform when he was elected a few weeks ago.
Surviving its crisis, Senegal bolsters an arc of democracies against the region's coups.
44-year-old Faye won the March 24 election with 54.2% of the vote, according to the official provisional results from the National Voting Census Commission. He has promised to restore the republ...
In his first speech to the nation since his election as president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye said one of his first policy moves would be to audit the country's oil, gas and mining sectors...
During the presidential election in The Gambia, the PDOIS Manifesto called for separation of party and state by declaring that the PDOIS candidate will vacate all party seats once elected as pre...
In Senegal, in his first act as leader, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has appointed by his ally and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister.
Senegal's opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in yesterday as the country's fifth and youngest president ever, promising to restore stability and bring economic progress.
Former tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye is Senegal's youngest president ever. He has vowed to fight corruption and renegotiate contracts with foreign companies.
Dakar, Senegal -- 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...
Bassirou Diomaye Faye became Senegal's youngest president, Tuesday, pledging systemic change, greater sovereignty and calm after years of turmoil in the country.
A left-wing pan-Africanist, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has been sworn in on Tuesday as Senegal's youngest president.
Paris -- He ran as the candidate with a platform of "rupture," championing greater sovereignty for his homeland -- including by leaving the CFA West African Franc currency union, created by Fran...
ECOWAS hopes the presidential election in Senegal will be the breaking point from a troubled past in West Africa.
As Senegal prepares for the inauguration of president Bassirou Diomaye Faye this Tuesday, his native village of Ndiaganiao has already begun celebrating. RFI's correspondent met with his father ...
Mr Tinubu, chairperson of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Governments, will join other regional leaders at the event.
Yaounde -- Members of Cameroon's opposition parties are encouraging citizens to learn from Senegal, where a 44-year-old politician was elected last week as the youngest leader on the African con...
Dakar, Sengal -- After months of debate and political crisis caused by outgoing president Macky Sall's decision to delay Senegal elections, the country pulled it off. Elections took place in a c...
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has proposed a radical change of the political system and more sovereignty. That includes new partnerships with foreign companies.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected as Senegal's fifth president on 25 March 2024. Incumbent president Macky Sall and his candidate, former prime minister Amadou Ba, were both quick to congratulat...
Oumar Sow, the Minister Adviser to President Macky Sall, in an interview with IGFM, disclosed that it is President Macky Sall who engineered the defeat of Amadou Ba, presidential candidate for t...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Senegal's President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, following that country's recent elections.
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 have shown.