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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has decided to rename an emblematic thoroughfare in the capital, Dakar, known as boulevard Général-de-Gaulle, its new name. will now bear the name of Mamadou Dia, Senegal’s first head of government. The announcement made during the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre …

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