[The Conversation Africa] 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 congratulate the opposition candidate on his victory when the results came out.

[The Point] 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 the ruling party BBY.

[RFI] 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.

[Premium Times] The emergence of a youthful leader in Senegal underscores the potential for transformative change driven by the next generation.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on March 27 congratulated Senegal’s new President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye, stating that the latter’s victory is a testimony to the confidence of the Senegalese people.

[Daily Trust] Senegalese opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the presidential election in a first-round ballot as former Prime Minister and ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba conceded defeat yesterday.

[Nile Post] When it comes to the comparison between Senegal and Ugandan politics, there are some similarities and differences to consider.

[Vanguard] Bassirou Diomaye Faye has emerged as Senegal’s President-elect after an unprecedented victory at the presidential election on Sunday, March 24, 2024.

[Foroyaa] Senegal’s President-elect has in his first victory speech called for national reconciliation and the reconstruction of the bases of their peaceful co-existence in his first victory speech.

[Premium Times] President Macky Sall of Senegal has bemoaned the high cost of organising elections in Africa.