Bassirou Diomaye Faye, close to Ousmane Sonko, will become the youngest president of Senegal. At 44, he is well on his way to winning the presidential election after the government candidate Amadou Ba conceded defeat on Monday March 25.
He presents himself as the incarnation of a new generation of politicians. He highlights his pan-African values, his desire to preserve the sovereignty of his country, to distribute wealth more fairly and to reform a justice system that he considers corrupt.