President Faye appoints Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, key opposition figure. Anti-system and popular with young people, this political opponent of outgoing President Macky Sall announced the imminent formation of a new government.
It was he who proposed the candidacy of Bassirou Diomaye Faye after his candidacy was invalidated and his incarceration. After three years of tensions and a final pre-electoral crisis, his resounding victory with 54.28% of the votes “is almost a miracle”