60th anniversary of the independence of Senegal

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Malian President Modibo Keita welcomes his Senegalese counterpart, Léopold Sédar Senghor, during their meeting at the Senegalese-Malian border in Kadira on June 25, 1963 in Mali. © AFP

By: Pierre Firtion Follow

Senegal is today celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence and this in a particular context due to the coronavirus, most of the festivities have been canceled. If April 4, 1960 went down in history as the day when the country emancipated, in reality, it acquired its independence in several stages.

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