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First Steps of Senegal's New Leader: Oil, Gas, Mining Sector Audit Announced by Diomaye

On Tuesday, former tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye was inaugurated as Senegal's fifth head of state. He took the oath at the Abdou Diouf International Center in the Senegalese town of Diamniadio.
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Oil, gas, and mining sector audits were announced by Senegal's newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
"The exploitation of our natural resources, which according to the constitution belong to the people, will receive particular attention from my government," he told the nation in a televised address.
The president also underlined that investors are "welcome in Senegal."
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Faye won the presidential elections, which took place on March 24 after the postponement by the country's ex-President Macky Sall, receiving 54.28% of the votes and becoming the youngest head of state in the nation's history.
On Wednesday, his ally, former jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, was appointed as the country's prime minister.
The leadership of Faye and Sonko "will stimulate the approach of many Sahel countries, notably Mali, to finally break free from colonial yoke," President of the Political Party Bloc for Recovery and Development of Mali, Oumar MC Kone, told Sputnik Africa.