Macky Sall

Anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Monday that Senegal's people had chosen to "break" with the current political system as he was set to become the youngest president in the country's history.

Faye's main rival from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, has already conceded the race, triggering a political earthquake in the West African nation.

We will continue to enhance our relations with African countries on the basis of sincerity and solidarity, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said on Feb. 21 during his visit to Senegal. 

Erdoğanheld a joint press conference with President Macky Sall of Senegal following their one to one meeting and the meeting between the delegations

The European Union and African leaders agreed to a "renewed partnership" at a summit last week with pledges of major investments, but Europe was accused of ignoring calls to waive patents for COVID-19 vaccinations.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has begun a three-day Africa tour that includes visits to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Senegal and Guinea-Bissau as part of Turkey's longstanding policy to deepen political and economic ties with the continent.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Aug. 10 held separate phone calls with the presidents of Georgia, Senegal, Djibouti, and Nigeria, discussing regional issues and bilateral ties with each.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Jan. 30 met with his counterparts from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal in Istanbul.

Erdoğan's meeting with Guinea Bissau's President Umaro Sissco Embalo and Senegal's President Macky Sall started at 2.00 p.m. [1100GMT].

The meeting, which was closed to the press, lasted an hour and a half.

Turkey,

Turkey's president on Jan. 28 said Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has no official recognition either in the war-weary country or the international community.

On Thursday Rihanna used her glamour of star to call on powerful countries to commit to providing education to the poorest in the world. This was the stand of an international conference in Senegal.

Speaking with his Kazakh, Senegalese, and Nigerian counterparts to give Eid al-Adha greetings, Turkey's president on Sept. 2 stressed the importance of working together to solve the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.        

West African troops were ready to intervene in Gambia on Jan. 19 after President Yahya Jammeh's mandate expired and overnight talks to convince him to stand down failed. 

Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow was set to be sworn into office on Jan. 19 at the Gambian embassy in neighboring Senegal, while there was no word from Jammeh.