Assane Diagne joined Africa Check on 1 October 2015 as editor of the French-language website, based in Senegal. He was previously chief editor of Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (APS). Before APS, he was editor of the independent daily Le Populaire. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Journalism from Cardiff University School of journalism, in the United Kingdom and a BA in journalism from CESTI, in Dakar. Diagne majored in English from Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis, Senegal.