If President Bassirou Diomaye Faye hoped a relaxation of nomination rules for the 17 November parliamentary elections would see opposition to his ruling Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail l'éthique et la fraternité (Pastef) party fragmented between an array of mostly lightweight challengers he has been disappointed (Dispatches 17/9/24 Diomaye Faye goes back to the polls to end parliamentary impasse)...
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President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's decision to make the most of his honeymoon with the voters and call early parliamentary elections on 17 November has paid off (AC Vol 65 No 20 Diomaye Faye asks the people for a bigger mandate)...
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Vol 65 No 23 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Bassirou Diomaye Faye elected in March as Senegal's president on a tidal wave of popular support firmly advocates the CFA's replacement...
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Vol 65 No 21 |
- ECONOMY
- ECOWAS
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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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...
Vol 65 No 19 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
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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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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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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President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye faces an early test of his credentials in a damaging row over press freedom...
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The EU is particularly keen to build strong relations with Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye...