Senegal
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Senegal (Country) | |
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Location | West Africa, Africa |
Type | nation state |
Member of | African Union, International Criminal Court, La Francophonie, Organisation of African Unity, UN |
Country in Africa, former French colony. |
Senegal is a nation state in West Africa.
Background
The Senegalese island of Goree is, by all accounts, paradise. The UNESCO World Heritage Site with a dark history of slaving has recently been blighted by a new problem: it has become a haven for paedophilia. |
Former French colony. Senegal has been a valuable international partner for peace and democracy since its independence in 1960 — one of few nations in Africa that has never suffered a military coup. At home, Senegal has used its constitution, regular elections and peaceful transfers of government authority to build a democracy rooted in a social consensus that respects communal and religious pluralism.[1] According to estimates by the UN, some 40 per cent of the people are living in poverty. This particularly affects people in the Casamance region in southern Senegal.[2]
Citizens of Senegal on Wikispooks
Title | Born | Description |
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Thierry Breton | 15 January 1955 | French politician and leader of large corporations, briefly at Rothschild & Cie Banque. WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1998. From 2019 European Commissioner implementing censorship. |
Luc Vigneron | 11 October 1954 |
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