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Senegalese opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye addresses his first press conference after being declared winner of Senegal's presidential election, in Dakar, on March 25, 2024.

Senegalese opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye addresses his first press conference after being declared winner of Senegal's presidential election, in Dakar, on March 25, 2024.

Photo by John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images.

How Bassirou Diomaye Faye went from Detention to President-Elect at 44

After being confirmed, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the former tax inspector will be the youngest president in the West African country's history.