Portrait of the president of Senegal, Mr. Macky Sall, for the New York Times | Carmen Abd Ali

For the New York Times, Carmen Abd Ali photographed Macky Sall, President of Senegal since 2012 and current President of the African Union until February 2023. He poses in the Presidential Palace in Dakar on December 8, 2022, after being interviewed by journalist Ruth Maclean 5 days before the U.S. - Africa Summit held in Washington from 13 to 15 of December, 2022.