(2 Apr 2024)
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Diamniadio, Senegal – 02 April 2024
1. Police directing traffic outside the Abdou Diouf International Conference Center in Diamniadio, just outside of Dakar, ahead of Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s inauguration
2. Various of people arriving at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Center in Diamniadio, just outside of Dakar
3. Man selling Senegal flags
4. Cars, people arriving ahead of Faye’s inauguration
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Mayébé Mbaye, Faye supporter:
“No one could have predicted what happened. This situation is the first time in Senegal that an opposition candidate rises to power with 50 and something percent [of votes], no contestations, no appeal. It’s an exceptional situation.
6. Various of people arriving at inauguration, traffic
7. Hand holding poster with Faye's face on it
8. Various of people arriving at inauguration, traffic
9. Man celebrating
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Oumar Sakho, Faye supporter:
“A new day begins in Senegal. The youth have waited for this. People fought to create a change, so that we could elect a fifth president who is young. Thank God. Thank you to the Senegalese people who fought. This day also makes us think about the young people we lost, those who were killed. We hope that God welcomes them in paradise."
11. Man selling Senegal flags
12. Seynabou Diop, mother of a young man killed during anti-government protests arriving at inauguration
13. SOUNDBITE (Wolof) Seynabou Diop, mother of a young man killed during anti-government protests:
“We are very happy for this victory. Personally, I lost my son. His name was Khadim Ba. I want everything to be clear. I hope that this new administration clears things up for us, so that our hearts are relieved. Money can not replace a life, but I hope that the person responsible for my son’s death is identified and judged.”
14. Diop walking into inauguration
15. Marching band outside of conference center
16. Various of Faye supporters looking on
STORYLINE:
Supporters of Bassirou Diomaye Faye arrived at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Center in Diamniadio, just outside of Dakar, ahead of his inauguration as Senegal’s fifth president on Tuesday.
Faye was elected after former President Macky Sall attempted to delay elections in February, leading to deadly protests on the streets of Dakar.
Senegal’s Constitutional Court forced Sall to allow elections, which were held on March 24.
Senegalese citizen Seynabou Diop, whose son was killed during the protests, said: "I hope that this new administration clears things up for us, so that our hearts are relieved."
"Money can not replace a life, but I hope that the person responsible for my son’s death is identified and judged.”
Faye is 44, and is now the youngest democratically elected president in Africa and the youngest president in Senegal’s history.
He is popular among Senegal’s youth, who see him as a change from years of rule by a political class that was largely considered out of touch with young people’s aspirations.
Oumar Sakho, a Faye supporter who came to attend the inauguration, said “a new day begins in Senegal. The youth have waited for this."
Analysts had expected the election to go into a second round of voting, a given if no candidate could secure more than 50% of the vote. But Faye came through with a surprise win in the first round, with 54% of the votes.
Macky Sall’s mandate ends on April 2, so the inauguration had to be held today, less than two weeks after the presidential election.
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