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Spotlight | Senegal
Casamance question catches up with Ousmane Sonko

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Ousmane Sonko, Senegalese Prime Minister, at the National Assembly in Dakar on 21 February.
Ousmane Sonko, Senegalese Prime Minister, at the National Assembly in Dakar on 21 February. © SEYLLOU/AFP

Senegal's prime minister, who had long kept his distance from the thorny Casamance issue, has now stepped into renewed talks with the southern region's separatist rebels, choosing largely to maintain the strategy pursued by former president Macky Sall.

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