Propelled to power from humble roots despite never holding national elected office, Senegal's president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye, defied the odds by promising radical change and being guided by a charismatic mentor.
Propelled to power from humble roots despite never holding national elected office, Senegal's president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye, defied the odds by promising radical change and being guided by a charismatic mentor. Commonly known as Diomaye, which means "the honourable one" in the local Serer language, he won the March 24 presidential election with 54.3 percent…
His anti-establishment message, the backing of opposition figurehead Ousmane Sonko and his modest personality helped him to a crushing first-round victory over the governing coalition’s candidate. He is looking at creating a new national currency in lieu of the CFA franc and plans huge investments in the agricultural and industrial sectors to absorb unemployment that officially hovers at around 20 percent.
The father-of-four was born into a modest family of farmers in remote Ndiaganiao, a village 150 kilometres from the capital Dakar with no health centre or tarmac roads. An admirer of former US president Barack Obama and South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, Faye is also a fan of psychology books and French former football star Zinedine Zidane, said Sarr.
Propelled to power from humble roots despite never holding national elected office, Senegal's president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye, defied the odds by promising radical change and being guided by a charismatic mentor. Commonly known as Diomaye, which means "the honourable one" in the local Serer language, he won the March 24 presidential election with 54.3 percent…
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