Senegal’s New President Was Unknown, but ‘This Family is Not New to Ruling’

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How did Bassirou Diomaye Faye, age 44, go from obscu­ri­ty to a resound­ing win in Senegal’s pres­i­den­tial elec­tion? At the fam­i­ly home­stead, one rel­a­tive explained, “This fam­i­ly is not new to ruling.”