Senegal
Countrynation state
| Senegal link () | |
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| Location | West Africa, Africa |
| Type | nation state |
| Country in Africa, former French colony. | |
Senegal is a nation state in West Africa.
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Former French colony. Senegal has been a valuable international partner for peace and democracy since its independence in 1960 — one of few nations in Africa that has never suffered a military coup. At home, Senegal has used its constitution, regular elections and peaceful transfers of government authority to build a democracy rooted in a social consensus that respects communal and religious pluralism.[1] According to estimates by the UN, some 40 per cent of the people are living in poverty. This particularly affects people in the Casamance region in southern Senegal.[2]