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| Africa Live: I will govern with humility - Senegal's Faye - BBC News | |
| (about 11 hours later) | |
| Thomas Naadi | |
| BBC News, Dakar | |
| Senegal’s President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye has pledged to govern with humility and transparency, in his first speech after Sunday's poll. | |
| Mr Faye's main rival from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, has already conceded defeat, setting the stage for the 44-year-old political newcomer to become the youngest president in the country's history. | |
| ‘’By electing me, the Senegalese people have chosen to break with the past," he told journalists on Monday. | |
| "I promise to govern with humility and transparency." | |
| One of his main priorities as president will be "national reconciliation" following three years of unrest and a political crisis in the country, Mr Faye added. | |
| He also vowed to "fight corruption at every level", rebuild institutions and tackle the cost-of-living crisis. | |
| Mr Faye thanked outgoing President Macky Sall for helping to conduct a successful poll. | |
| The Constitutional Council is yet to officially announce the final results, but there are celebrations across the country. | |
| The provisional results put Mr Faye in a strong lead with about 53.7% and Mr Ba with 36.2%. | |
| His victory comes less than two weeks after he was released from jail. | |
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| From jailed unknown to Africa's youngest president | |
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