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The return to Dakar

On 17 July 2026, President Macky Sall returned to Dakar for an audience with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. From the airport to the presidential palace, the day in pictures.

The popular welcome

Flags and placards along the motorcade route

Women in ceremonial dress along the route

The motorcade amid the crowd

President Macky Sall greets the crowd

A Senegalese flag hoisted atop a pylon

Meeting the crowd on the avenue

'Welcome': the signs of the reception

Greetings from the motorcade

The human tide around the motorcade

The drums of the welcome

President Macky Sall points to the crowd

Open arms before the people of Dakar

From the car, reaching the crowd

The motorcade threads through the crowd

Saluting the people of Dakar

At the presidential palace

On the red carpet of the presidential palace

The handshake of Presidents Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Macky Sall

The audience, under the flags of Senegal and the African Union

The welcome at the presidential palace

In the press

The front pages of Senegal's dailies the morning after the visit, Saturday 18 July 2026.

Front page of L'Informateur, 18 July 2026 — L'Informateur

Front page of EnQuête, 18 July 2026 — EnQuête

Front page of Scoop, 18 July 2026 — Scoop

Front page of L'Indépendant, 18 July 2026 — L'Indépendant

Front page of L'Observateur, 18 July 2026 — L'Observateur

Front page of Le Témoin, 18 July 2026 — Le Témoin

Front page of Révélation, 18 July 2026 — Révélation

Front page of Rewmi Quotidien, 18 July 2026 — Rewmi Quotidien

Front page of Verdict News, 18 July 2026 — Verdict News

Front page of Le Quotidien, 18 July 2026 — Le Quotidien

Front page of Tribune, 18 July 2026 — Tribune

Front page of L'Éveil, 18 July 2026 — L'Éveil

Front page of L'As, 18 July 2026 — L'As

Front page of Le Soleil, 18 July 2026 — Le Soleil

Front page of Sud Quotidien, 18 July 2026 — Sud Quotidien

Front page of Le Point, 18 July 2026 — Le Point

Front page of Kubateel, 18 July 2026 — Kubateel

Front page of L'Évidence, 18 July 2026 — L'Évidence

Front page of ItNews, 18 July 2026 — ItNews

Front page of Le Peuple, 18 July 2026 — Le Peuple

Front page of Les Échos, 18 July 2026 — Les Échos

Front page of La Dépêche, 18 July 2026 — La Dépêche

Front page of Minutes, 18 July 2026 — Minutes

Front page of Source A, 18 July 2026 — Source A

Front page of L'Info, 18 July 2026 — L'Info

Front page of Le Dakarois, 18 July 2026 — Le Dakarois

Photos : Cheikh Senghor / équipe de campagne · Palais : Présidence de la République du Sénégal

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