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Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko delivers a speech during a conference at the Cheikh Anta Diop university in Dakar, on May 16, 2024, as part of his visit to Senegal. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)

Stay home, Senegal PM warns Africans after 90 die in boat accident

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Saturday implored young people not to attempt the perilous Atlantic route to Europe, days after scores of would-be migrants perished when their boat capsized off Mauritania.
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Helicopter pilot dies fighting S’African fire

A HELICOPTER pilot died in a crash while fighting wildfires in South Africa’s renowned Cape Point nature reserve Sunday, officials said. The pilot, named as Hendrik “Bees” Marais, was among water-bombing
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Ebola, nearly beaten, returns by sea

IT seemed as if the Ebola crisis was abating. New cases were plummeting. The president lifted travel restrictions, and schools were to reopen. A local politician announced on the radio that two
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