Macky Sall arrived on Senegalese soil this afternoon, an interim stop before his onward flight to New York. Officially, this visit to Dakar is framed within his campaign for the position of United Nations Secretary-General. The highlight of his stopover is an audience at the Presidential Palace, where President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected to express Senegal’s official support for Sall’s candidacy.

Beyond its diplomatic implications, this imagery is profoundly symbolic. If there is one political figure whose career was forged in direct opposition to Macky Sall, it is undoubtedly Ousmane Sonko. For nearly a decade, Sonko consistently portrayed the former head of state as the embodiment of the governmental excesses he vehemently condemned. He held Sall accountable for the…