In Senegal, the new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye accepts his polygamy. Polygamy has long been a subject of controversy in this country made up of more than 90% Muslims.
The UN Commission on Human Rights ruled in a report published in 2022 that polygamy constitutes discrimination against women. 32.5% of married Senegalese live in polygamous unions, according to a 2013 report from the National Agency for Statistics and Demography. The average age of polygamy is 43.9 years with an earlier entry of women than men (40.4 years)