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Senegal celebrated the 64th anniversary of its independence from France on Thursday April 04 in the presence of new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Dakar.
“This year’s celebrations were reduced to a flag-raising ceremony because of the uncertainty which prevailed ahead of the March 24th presidential poll,” according to reports.
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.
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.
The president ran on a platform of sovereignty and a change from years of rule by Senegal’s political class.
Senegalese now await the government to be unveiled.
