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Analysis: Senegal’s Bassirou Faye Sworn in As President


Analysis: Senegal’s Bassirou Faye Sworn in As President
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye has never held elected office as he prepares to take the helm of a nation struggling with a faltering economy that has one in three of around 17 million inhabitants living in poverty. According to analysts, the peaceful transfer of power in a region that has experienced coups is evidence of Senegal's political maturity and democratic stability. For more insight into this matter, VOA's Paul Ndiho spoke with Mundia Paul Hakoola, a political analyst based in Lusaka, Zambia.

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