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This year’s celebrations were reduced to a flag-raising ceremony because of the uncertainty that prevailed ahead of the March 24th presidential poll. President Faye conducted the troop review before greeting the heads of the country’s institutions.
The 64th anniversary of its independence of Senegal from France was on 4th April and it was celebrated across the country. Importantly, it coincided with the assuming office of the new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who attended the ceremony in Dakar to mark the day.
This year’s celebrations were reduced to a flag-raising ceremony because of the uncertainty that prevailed ahead of the March 24th presidential poll. President Faye conducted the troop review before greeting the heads of the country’s institutions.
Usually, Independence Day is celebrated with a civil-military parade in the vicinity of one of Senegal’s most emblematic squares, Dakar’s Nation Square. This year’s edition is under the theme “Armed Forces at the Heart of national cohesion”. The celebration took place one day after Faye’s first address to the nation. Faye’s mentor Ousmane Sonko was named Prime Minister.
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It is time for Senegalese to expect the new regime of governance to work on a new agenda, detached from the clutches of its ex-colonial power, France. The government has spelled out several steps including a new currency to delink its economy from France.
