Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a left-winger, was sworn in Tuesday, April 2, 2024, as Senegal’s youngest president after surging to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after his release from prison.
“Before God and the Senegalese nation, I swear to faithfully fulfil the office of President of the Republic of Senegal,” the 44-year-old said before hundreds of officials and several African heads of state at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar.
