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Senegal
Washington and Paris want Wade out

France and the United States are more or less on the same wavelength as people in Senegal who think that trouble is ahead if Wade insists on holding on to power. [...]

Published on 16.02.2012 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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