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Ecstatic crowds greet victorious Senegal on Cup of Nations return
Hundreds of thousands of ecstatic and chanting fans gather in the streets of Dakar to see the players of their national football team, who return home after winning the Africa Cup of Nations and sit on top of a bus as they parade to the presidential palace
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Protest calls for an independent judiciary in Senegal
Several hundred demonstrators protested Friday in Senegal's capital, accusing the government of subjecting opposition figures to lengthy detentions.
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr from Senegal wins France's Goncourt Prize
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Women protest in Dakar to highlight climate change
Women protest in Dakar to highlight climate change
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Armed with rakes, sacks and gloves, volunteers cleaned up trash littering a beach on Senegal's usually pristine coastline. Dozens of mainly young people and even children picked up garbage from the sandy beach in Bargny, a city located 35km from the capital Dakar.
How a small Cape Verde island became an LGTBI oasis in Africa
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4 killed in protests in wake of Senegal's opposition leader's arrest
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Dakar disorder after arrest of Senegal's main opposition leader
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Podcast | The European origins of today's homophobia in Africa
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Meet Dakar's male doulas fighting for gender equality in pregnancies
“Men who accompany their wives to health posts are frowned upon because people tend to think that they are weak”, Makhtar Aidar says.
Yet this is starting to change: he is one of the first male doulas in Senegal.
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Podcast | The story of when Dakar was the “gay capital” of West Africa
In this episode, we investigate the colonial roots of homophobia in Senegal. To do this, we travel back in time to when Dakar was known as the “gay capital” of West Africa #CryLikeaBoy #Podcast
French MPs approve return of looted artefacts to Benin and Senegal
Benin is to receive 26 artefacts plundered from the Palace of Behanzin in 1892, including a throne, while a sword and its sheath will be restituted to Senegal.
Podcast | What it’s like to be a gay man in Senegal
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Dakar Fashion Week 2020 dazzles in baobab forest amid pandemic
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