In an extraordinary change of fortunes, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal’s new president. Against all odds, democracy won the day in last Sunday’s electoral showdown when more than 70% of the 7.3 million registered voters cast their votes.
The election, the fifth in Senegal since the country achieved independence in 1960, took place under the scrutiny of representatives from the AU, the Economic Community of West African States as well as the EU. Sunday’s election was by all accounts free, fair, and peaceful.
The decisive victory for Faye marks a radical shift for Senegal. It is “out with the old and in with the