Diomaye Fay's victory sweeps the headlines of the Senegalese media. The angles of coverage of the news of the victory and the contents of Basserou's first speech shortly after the elections converged.
The new president’s promise that he would exercise power “with humility and integrity,” said Le Soleil newspaper. In dealing with the defeat of the ruling coalition candidate, Amadou Bah, in the elections, the newspaper considered that the “faltering” began in 2014.