Spotlight | Senegal
From Abidjan to Beijing, Macky Sall spins a web for the post of UN secretary general

Published on 30.05.2025 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 5 minutes

The then Senegalese President Macky Sall in New York, on 19 September 2023. © Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

While not yet officially a candidate, the former Senegalese president still sees himself as a potential successor to António Guterres at the head of the United Nations. But a number of obstacles lie in his way.

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