Abdoulaye Wade at 100: From Challenger to 'Old Lion' of Senegalese Politics
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This Friday, May 29, former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade celebrates his 100th birthday. Retired to Versailles, near Paris, for many years, he is still celebrated by Senegalese people who remember a "bold and philanthropic" president. Source link: https://www.france24.com/fr/vid%C3%A9o/20260530-au-s%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal-de-nombreux-voeux-pour-les-100-ans-de-l-ancien-pr%C3%A9sident-abdoulaye-wade Author: FRANCE24 Publish date: 2026-05-30 09:47:0…
The former head of state, elected in 2000, had been pushed out in 2012 by a powerful protest movement. Today, "the old" seems to enjoy a new popularity among younger generations.
Abdoulaye Wade at 100: from challenger to 'old lion' of Senegalese politics
As Senegal’s former president Abdoulaye Wade turns 100 on Friday, RFI looks back on the life of a man whose century has spanned opposition, imprisonment, triumph and everything in between.
By Kabiné Komara, former Prime Minister of Guinea President Abdoulaye Wade was one hundred years old on May 29, 2026. The coincidence of this date with the festival of Tabaski explains that the event has been the subject of a less solemnity for the moment. However such longevity for an exceptional personality is always the occasion for those who have had the honour and the chance to meet him as little as possible, to express some marks of gratit…
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