Bassirou Faye sworn in as Senegal president

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a left-winger, was sworn in as Senegal’s youngest president on Tuesday after winning a first-round election on a platform of radical reform 10 days after being released 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 stated in front of hundreds of officials and several African heads of state at an exposition hall in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar.

Bassirou Diomaye FayeSenegal president