What will change with Bassirou Diomaye Faye at Senegal helm?

Dakar: At the age of 44, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is to become Senegal s fifth and also youngest president after the opposition candidate s main rival Am...

Dakar: At the age of 44, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is to become Senegal's fifth and also youngest president after the opposition candidate's main rival Amadou Ba conceded defeat after Sunday's first round vote.

Along with his mentor Ousmane Sonko, Faye is part of an upcoming generation of African politicians and portrays himself as a man of change and a break with the past.

But what does he propose to do once he takes office? AFP looks at what kind of change he wants to effect in his country and how he seeks to overcome the multiple challenges which await.

Restore democracy

Faye says the very foundation of his political project is "the rehabilitation of the institutions of the Republic" and "the restoration of the state based on the rule of law" which he asserts were flouted by outgoing twice-elected incumbent Macky Sall.