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In crowded Dakar suburb, residents feel abandoned by authorities

By France24
04 March 2024   |   3:11 am
Many suburbs of the Senegalese capital Dakar suffer from high levels of poverty, crime and unemployment. Keur Massar is one such suburb. This vast, overpopulated area is the poorest zone in the Dakar region. The sense of abandonment felt by residents there has been growing for years, and now the country's presidential elections have been postponed indefinitely.

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