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Senegal
Sall cleans up act before elections

Even though he is officially on the sidelines of the Senegal's parliamentary elections on July 1, President Macky Sall is determined to obtain a comfortable majority. [...]

Published on 28/06/2012 at 23:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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