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Senegal
Sufi brotherhoods lose key diplomatic posts as Macky Sall reshuffles Gulf envoys

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Senegal's President Macky Sall.
Senegal's President Macky Sall. © Annegret Hilse/Reuters

The president is making sweeping changes to several key ambassadorial posts in the Arab world. The powerful Mouride and Tidjane orders are about to lose their long-held prominence there.

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