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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Annika Hammerschlag in Dakar

‘We are finally free’: Senegal hails new anti-establishment president

People in Dakar celebratine the presumed win of Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Senegal's presidential elections.
Crowds mark Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s victory. Photograph: Annika Hammerschlag/The Guardian

Just 10 days before being elected president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was in prison.

Years of political turmoil have left the west African state’s democracy teetering on the brink of collapse, with deadly uprisings and the jailing of opposition figures commonplace.

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