Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye looks set to secure a parliamentary majority that will enable him to implement reforms needed to stabilize the nation’s finances.

More than seven million people eligible to vote in the snap election, with jobs and rising prices on their minds.

By Ngouda Dione and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Expectations were growing that President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's party would win Senegal's Sunday legislative elections after two opposition leaders conceded while votes were still being counted.

Months after Bassirou Diomaye Faye won Senegal's March 2024 presidential election, voters in the West African nation cast their ballots Sunday in parliamentary elections that could decide if the

Senegal headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in legislative elections that the president hopes will give his party a clear majority and the means to implement an ambitious agenda for reforms. The heated campaign period has revived concerns about unrest as political rivals clashed,

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye secured victory in March pledging economic transformation, social justice and a fight against corruption — raising hopes among a largely youthful population facing high

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye called the early elections hoping to pave the way towards major reforms pledged during his election campaign earlier this year.