[2] During the trial of Palenfo and Coulibaly, filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako approached her and she portrayed herself in the 2006 film Bamako, about a case against the IMF and the World Bank.

The electoral competition was ended, however, by the president of the National Steering and Evaluation Committee and Dakar mayor, Khalifa Sall, citing risks to unity and cohesion, leaving Tanor to be re-elected unopposed.

[5] Tall supported Macky Sall during the February 2019 presidential election, saying it was "in the interests of Sengal" and was soon after appointed a "Special Envoy" of the President.

[5][10] At the ceremony to handover the role from her predecessor Amadou Ba, she set out a roadmap focused on fighting against "clandestine emigration" and the idea that success is only possible elsewhere.

[1][2] In December 2024, Aïssata Tall Sall was appointed leader of the opposition, to chair the Takku Wallu Senegal parliamentary group, which won 16 seats in the National Assembly.