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Bassirou Diomaye Faye after being sworn in as Senegal's President at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar on April 2, 2024. [AFP]
Senegal's President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye said that 2025 would see an end to all foreign military presence in the west African country, in a speech on Tuesday to mark the new year.
Faye's statement came a month after he announced that former colonial master France would have to close its military bases in Senegal.
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