In New York, the Diomaye-Sonko wave engulfed the ruling party candidate Amadou Ba

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Photos credits: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Diomaye-Sonko wave swept across Senegal and among the Senegalese diaspora, leaving far behind the other competitors, including Amadou Ba, the ruling party candidate. On March 24, in New York, at the three polling centers … Read More

Bassirou Diomaye Faye returns to his hometown to become the 5th President of Senegal

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Photo credit: Ndeye Fatou Touré Ndiaganiao is 114.6 km from Dakar, the Senegalese capital. On this voting day, the atmosphere in this rural town is festive. Its inhabitants eagerly await the return of the prodigious child Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, … Read More

Senegal: The Facebook post that continues to cost candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye his freedom and his constitutional right to campaign

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Some might think it’s a joke and that in no democratic country would a Senegalese government official be arrested after 10 PM without a warrant, let alone held without trial for almost a year for what the Universal Declaration of … Read More