The Senegal team collects a lot of big football stars in Africa, it has been the leader of the FIFA ranking in Africa for 5 years, but it has never won anything in its history ... Three days before the opening of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Senegal, finalist of the last edition is still cited among the big favorites for the final victory. Described as "eternal looser" and very often mocked on social networks by other African nations titled at the CAN, Senegal hopes to end the curse during this new edition of the great mass of African football. The wait is immense among Senegalese supporters. Report by Elimane Ndao and Sarah Sakho.
As many European countries record hundreds of thousands of cases of Omicron per week, all eyes are on South Africa where the variant was first identified.
Today the country seems to come out of this 4th wave.
The curfew has been lifted, but wearing a mask remains compulsory in public spaces.
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