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Senegal
Quick Facts
Region:
Africa
Full Name:
Republic of Senegal
Capital City:
Dakar
Language Spoken:
French (official),
Wolof,
Pulaar,
Jola,
Mandinka
Personnel risk: MODERATE
Evacuation risk: LOW
Independent from France in 1960, Senegal was ruled by the Socialist Party for forty years until current President Abdoulaye WADE was elected in 2000. Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982, but the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. A southern separatist group sporadically has clashed with government forces since 1982, but Senegal remains one of the most stable democracies in Africa. Senegal has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping.