Senegal's new president in Mauritania for first foreign visit

Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday visited neighbouring Mauritania on his first official trip abroad since his election at the end of March, the two presidencies said. The 44-year-old leader will conduct a "friendship and working visit" due to last a few hours, the presidencies said, during which he is set to hold talks with his Mauritanian counterpart Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, before a meeting of delegations from the two West African states. Faye, who became Africa's youngest democratically elected president on apromise of radical reform, had vowed on the campaign trail to prioritize key assets such as the oil, gas and fishing sectors.