Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s win is a triumph for the country’s democracy
, the outgoing president, had tried to delay elections by ten months. His most popular rival was behind bars and disqualified from running. Security forces were beating and arresting protesters. Many feared that a country widely seen as a bulwark of stability in a region once again beset byYet the doomsayers were proved wrong. On March 24th voters turned out in unusually large numbers to give their verdict on Mr Sall’s 12 chequered years in office.
At 44, Mr Faye will be Africa’s youngest elected leader. He joins a burgeoning club of millennial men who have recently taken charge in several west African countries—Guinea, Mali and, a bit further afield, Niger and Burkina Faso—at least partly on the back of popular dissatisfaction with greying leaders and predatory elites. Mr Faye is unique among this group in having come to power through the ballot box rather than by a coup.
Behind Mr Faye lurks the figure of Ousmane Sonko, his closest ally and by far Senegal’s most popular opposition leader. A charismatic firebrand, Mr Sonko rattles the country’s political and business classes; in an interview withlast year Mr Sall accused him of inciting violence. The pair are both former tax inspectors who have worked with one another for years. They are said to be joined at the hip: Mr Faye is reported to have nicknamed his son “Ousmane” in his friend’s honour. After leaving prison, they campaigned under the slogan “Diomaye is Sonko”. Mr Faye, the more buttoned-up of the pair, has yet to reveal whether his friend will hold an official government post.
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