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Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye

Date of Birth: 25 March 1980
Place of Birth: Ndiaganiao, Senegal


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Ouattara ups the ante on the eco

Despite being elected on a platform of rolling back France's post-colonial influence including the CFA which is pegged to the euro Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has taken a more gradualist stance on the currency question (AC Vol 65 No 9 Will Senegal's President Faye lead West Africa out of France's monetary zone...

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Diomaye Faye asks the people for a bigger mandate

Two months from now millions of Senegalese voters are due to return to the polling stations following the dissolution of the national assembly by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye who is seeking a new parliamentary majority to take forward his ambitious legislative agenda...


President Macron plans military cuts

And he postponed his visit to Senegal until after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's 20 June visit to France aware that the new administration in Dakar might want time to settle in...


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Diomaye Faye goes back to the polls to end parliamentary impasse

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is hoping to cash in on his government's popularity and claim a parliamentary majority after announcing snap elections for 17 November in a bid to end a stand-off with parliament over his government's budget and the status of his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko (AC Vol 65 No 17 Faye mulls a snap parliamentary poll)...

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Faye mulls a snap parliamentary poll

Dakar political life is slowing down in August giving President Bassirou Diomaye Faye some time to weigh up whether to dissolve the National Assembly in September and call early legislative elections in search of a parliamentary majority...

Other governments in the region and diplomatic partners more generally seem willing to brush aside Sonko's more provocative rhetoric because they are reassured by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's non-confrontational tone...


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The juntas take on the civilian presidents

Senegal's new President Bassirou Faye elected in May on an anti-establishment ticket has been appointed to lead talks with the AES aimed at bringing them back to the fold as part of what Ecowas leaders described as ‘more vigorous' reconciliation efforts...

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The juntas dig in as instability worsens

A first official visit to Mali by Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye induced no hint at compromise over Bamako's proclaimed departure from Ecowas with foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop dismissively commenting: ‘We can't be in organisations that we don't control' (AC Vol 65 No 11 Faye's diplomatic rounds)...


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