Bassirou Diomaye Faye could be proclaimed definitive winner of the Senegalese presidential election by the end of the week. He is expected to become the fifth and youngest president of the country of 18 million inhabitants.
The anti-system opponent won in the first round on Sunday with 54.28% of the votes, far ahead of the government candidate Amadou Ba (35.79%). The body responsible for proclaiming the provisional final results made them public on Wednesday even though it had until Friday to do so.