Bassirou Diomaye Faye is preparing to take on the role of fifth president of the Republic of Senegal, succeeding President Macky Sall. This is an extraordinary turnaround for this candidate, who, less than ten days ago, was still incarcerated, like his mentor, the opposition figure Ousmane Sonko.
The road to the presidency has been long and strewn with pitfalls for the Sonko camp, whose leading figure has been the subject of legal proceedings for several years. This stinging defeat for the presidential camp comes after the political crisis caused by the surprise cancellation of the election on February 25.