Talla Sylla

He was previously the leader of Alliance for Progress and Justice Jëf-Jël and was that party's candidate in the 2007 presidential election.

He later entered the Cheikh Anta Diop University to study sociology.

When Sylla returned to Senegal in 1995, JPA was transformed into a political party, Jëf-Jël.

[2] Sylla was attacked and severely injured outside a restaurant[3] in Dakar on October 5, 2003, and was hospitalized as a result.

[3][4] He was subsequently taken to Paris for further treatment and eventually returned to Senegal on November 9, 2003.