A 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye was on Tuesday, sworn in as Senegal’s president, becoming the youngest president to have emerged.
The Informant247 gathered that Faye was sworn in after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison.
He took over from Macky Sall on Tuesday, April 2, in an event witnessed by African leaders in the new town of Diamniadio, near the capital Dakar.
“Before God and the Senegalese nation, I swear to faithfully fulfil the office of President of the Republic of Senegal,” the 44-year-old said before hundreds of officials and several African heads of state at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar.
The formal handover of power with outgoing President Macky Sall will take place at the presidential palace in Dakar.
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AFP