Prison to presidency: Meet Senegal's 44-year-old president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye

Senegal has a new president in the person of Bassirou Diomaye Faye, producing West Africa's youngest democratically elected president in the process.

The result marks the beginning of the end of the two-term of outgoing President Macky Sall, who affirmed that his tenure will end on April 2 without fail.

Faye, like his boss Sonko, had been in jail and was only granted presidential amnesty weeks to the polls.Here are key facts about Senegal's next presidenta

President Macky Sall and the ruling party candidate, Amadou Ba, and other opponents have since congratulated him for victory.

He becomes the 5th president of Senegal, one of Africa's most stable democraciesd

Long live Senegal; Long live the Republic; Long live Africa," he statedg