Ex-President Sall Arrives Back in Senegal for Meeting with Successor
More than 1,000 supporters greeted him as critics accused him of repression and a political ally resigned in protest.
- On Friday, former Senegalese President Macky Sall returned to Dakar for a brief meeting with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, marking his first trip home since leaving office in April 2024.
- More than 1,000 supporters welcomed Sall at a military airport mid-afternoon, yet the visit sparked controversy when political advisor Alioune Ibnou Abitalib Sow resigned in protest.
- Critics cite Sall's alleged role in violent political repression causing dozens of deaths during his tenure. Sow posted on X that Sall 'is responsible for a large part of the troubles the country is facing today.'
- Following his falling out with Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, Faye may be seeking new political alliances through the meeting. Sall said he would leave Dakar 'immediately' after the visit, and the presidency declined to comment.
- Sall is currently campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, a position for which Burundi nominated him earlier this year despite Senegal's customary right to nominate its own former leader.
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Ex-president Sall arrives back in Senegal for meeting with successor
Senegal: Ex-president Sall arrives back for meeting with successor
Senegal's ex-president Macky Sall, who is campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general, arrived in Dakar Friday for a brief meeting with his successor, a visit criticised by the former leader's detractors.
Ex-president Sall back in Senegal for talks with successor
The trip marked the first time that Sall, who led the nation between 2012 and 2024, has returned to the west African country since leaving office in April 2024. More than 1,000 supporters turned out in the heat to welcome him mid-afternoon at a military airport in Dakar, where he greeted the crowd from atop a vehicle. Sall stands accused by the current government of violent political repression that led to dozens of deaths during his last years …
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Former Senegalese President Macky Sall returned to his country to meet with President Faye in support of his candidacy for UN Secretary-General. The visit, his first since the handover of power, took place amidst political divisions.
The President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, received his predecessor, Macky Sall, this Friday at the Palais de la République, on the occasion of his first return to Senegal since his departure from power. The two men found themselves in a cordial atmosphere. Upon his arrival, the former Head of State was greeted on the porch of the Palais by a warm hug, followed by a long handshake with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, before a…
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