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The world’s year of elections simmers

Democracy’s march has been relentless this year as world leaders confront the will of the people

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s president, speaks during his inauguration ceremony in Diamniadio, Senegal, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Senegal’s opposition politician Faye was sworn in as president on Tuesday, becoming the youngest elected African leader less than three weeks after he was released from prison to run in the election last month. Photographer: Annika Hammerschlag/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s rise to power and the quest for systemic change

How did he come to power and what you need to know about the African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity (Pastef)

New broom: Senegalese president elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye at a press conference in Dakar on 25 March. Photo: John Wessels/AFP

Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye steps into presidential spotlight

The incoming head of state has promised the country profound change and left-wing pan-Africanism

Ousmane Sonko. Photo: @SonkoOfficiel

Ousmane Sonko a rising star in Senegal

The country should allow eligible candidates to contest the presidential election and in so doing uphold its democratic status in the region

Backer: Supporters of Macky Sall stage a demonstration in Dakar in support of the president against the harsh criticisms by civil society groups and opposition parties. Photo: Cem Ozdel/Getty Images

Senegal president pursues talks for new election date

Senegal’s Macky Sall has said what happens between his leaving office and the presidential election will also be discussed

DAKAR, SENEGAL – FEBRUARY 09: Protesters barricade a street by burning wood, tires and using iron panels as they gather at the Nation Square to stage protest against postponement of presidential election in Dakar, Senagal on February 09, 2024. Following the intervention of security forces during the protest, demonstrators set fire to many vehicles in the region and set up barricades by burning tires in some streets. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Senegal: Macky Sall’s latest choice less murky when seen through oil and gas

The president’s official reason for postponing the upcoming election has been met with suspicion. Analysts say: follow the money

Delay: Supporters of opposition presidential candidates protest at the Saint-Lazare intersection in Dakar after the postponement of Senegal’s 25 February presidential election. Photo: Cem Ozdel/Getty Images

Senegal crisis dents democracy and business, say Dakar residents

The West African country is now in the grip of its worst crisis in decades after President Macky Sall announced a delay to elections

Not guaranteed: Prime Minister Amadou Ba is the ruling party’s presidential candidate for the February 2024 presidential election, after President Macky Sall said he would not seek a third term. Photo: Seyllou/AFP

Senegal election still anyone’s game

Although the West African country has not experienced a coup, unlike others in the region, the February vote could be marred by violence

Soul Train: South African singer Tyla’s song Water was huge this year. Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffing/Getty Images

The A-Z of 2023 for Africa

All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange…

President Hakainde Hichilema is quickly squandering the respect the country once held on the international stage. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Zambia’s haphazard foreign policy is a disaster

President Hakainde Hichilema is quickly squandering the respect the country once held on the international stage

Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who rejected pursuing a third term, symbolised a commitment to democracy and the rule of law.

Senegal’s President ‘Mr Stony Face’ announces no contest

Senegalese President Macky Sall didn’t give anything away until the last moment, when he announced he wouldn’t stand in the elections

Waiting: Refugees from many countries including those in Africa sit near the Medyka pedestrian border crossing with Poland to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP)

African governments scramble to help its citizens in Ukraine

Africans, among them South Africans, Nigerians, Ghanains, Congolese and Ivorians, are trying to flee into Poland and other countries neighbouring Ukraine

Secretary General of the United Nations, the Portuguese António Guterres, during his meeting with the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez (R), at the Moncloa Palace. Guterres has shown his “admiration for the courage in the resilience that the Spanish have shown”, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and has assured that being a direct witness of “an exemplary cooperation of Spain with the United Nations system”, in the peace and security mechanisms and operations, and also “in human rights”, of “an exemplary commitment of Spain to multilateralism”, as well as of “the quality” of Spanish institutions. (Juan Carlos Rojas/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)

Urgent need for the world to reinvigorate rules-based multilateralism

The system needs to be more open and inclusive to give young people, civil society, the private sector, academia, and others a spot at the table

Cote D’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara has confirmed his candidacy for re-election. Photo: File

Manifesto against the presidency for life in Africa

If we do not take care, presidents will make lawlessness the standard of our civic life. Let’s make sure it does not come to that!

Secret weapon: Macky Sall easily won the 2019 presidential election. (Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)

How Big Data swung Senegal’s vote

From a house in Dakar, ex-Obama staffers ran a top-secret data analysis unit that transformed incumbent Macky Sall’s presidential campaign

Independent, traditional news outlets do not just avoid this problem, they are the key to addressing it, because only they can credibly verify the news being circulated on social media. (Gemma Ritchie)

Africa needs traditional, independent media to hold the powerful to account

Social-media platforms have their place, but it is investigative journalists who can effect change

(Michelle Cattani/AFP/Getty Images)

Senegal President Macky Sall wins re-election

Macky Sall has secured a solid majority of votes, winning a second term without the need for a run-off vote

Black achievement: The Museum of Black Civilisations was finally financed and built by the Chinese. Some see a Chinese pagoda in the design, but others say it reflects the design of Wolof houses.Photo: Seyllou/ AFP

Senegalese artistic heritage gets a home

Conceived in the 1960s, shortly after independence, Senegal’s new Museum of Black Civilisations has finally been completed

President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina. (Reuters)

African Investment Forum has 306 pipelined projects worth $208-billion

Investors discussed 60 projects and deals worth $40-billion with the aim of fast-tracking closure and removing policy and regulatory constraints

Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who rejected pursuing a third term, symbolised a commitment to democracy and the rule of law.

Senegel’s Sall to follow Lions of Teranga to Russia

President Macky Sall will drop the reigns of power for 12 days to support the Senegalese team at the World Cup