All roads in West Africa and beyond today lead to Senegal as the country oversees a transition between two democratically elected presidents.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, winner of the March 24 presidential election takes over from President Macky Sall whose term in office officially ends today – April 2nd.
Many Senegalese describe this day as epic in the country’s democratic journey following attempts by the outgoing presidency to delay the transition.
As Augustine Kollie reports, the last democratic transition was in 2012 between former President Abdoulaye Wade and the outgoing head of state Macky Sall.
