Macky Sall touched down on Senegalese soil this afternoon, only to depart shortly for New York. His visit to Dakar is officially part of his campaign for the esteemed position of United Nations Secretary-General. A key component of this stop includes a crucial audience at the Presidential Palace, where President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is anticipated to declare Senegal’s official support for Sall’s international candidacy.

Beyond its diplomatic implications, this event carries immense symbolic weight. For nearly a decade, Ousmane Sonko meticulously built his political career through direct and often confrontational opposition to Macky Sall. He consistently portrayed the former head of state as the embodiment of governmental excesses and abuses of power, holding him accountable for what he termed the…