Game Changing Election: West Africa s Anti French Uprising Hits Senegal

Senegal is celebrating after Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the young, antiestablishment presidential candidate defeated the Frenchbacked president Macky Sall to win the Presidential election. Fayes election follows months of protests in the country, where thousands have taken to the streets against widespread poverty and neocolonialism. Amzat BoukariYabara, a historian, author, and the President of the PanAfrican League UMOJA, explains how Fayes election fits into the movement sweeping the Sahel. , breakthroughnews