Senegal swears in Africa’s youngest elected leader as president

Bassirou Diomaye Faye holds a press conference (Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP)

Senegal has inaugurated Africa’s youngest elected leader as president, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison to palace within weeks.

Last month’s election tested Senegal’s reputation as a stable democracy in West Africa, a region rocked in recent years by coups and attempted coups.