Ousmane Tanor Dieng is the President of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party of Senegal in the National Assembly.But also since 1996, he is the vice-president of the Socialist International. Ousmane Tanor Dieng is that type of totally atypical character, as well by the power of his convictions than by the brightness of his personal radiance. Ousmane Tanor Dieng is a person who completely assumes a fate which seems very heavy to carry for other shoulders.

Personal life

Background and Early life

Born in 1948 in Ngueniéne, Senegal, Ousmane Tanor Dieng as any small Senegalese of the village began by the Koranic …

Senegal’s opposition on Wednesday prepared to contest preliminary poll results showing President Abdoulaye Wade had secured an easy re-election, while some voters wondered at his apparent first-round walkover.

Electoral authorities have yet to declare official results from Sunday’s ballot, but government sources say the octogenarian president has gained a convincing victory with around 55 percent after almost all votes have been counted.

Wade, who has ruled the small West African state since 2000, had made winning in the first round a rallying cry of his election campaign, which stressed the importance of continuity in one of Africa’s most stable democracies.

Leading opposition challengers, …