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Senegal

News: Social media and messaging platforms have been blocked in Senegal after unrest erupted over the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.

About:
 Senegal is a country on the coast of West Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean in west.
 It is bordered by Mauritania along the Senegal River in north, by Mali in east, by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau in south, and it encloses The Gambia, a narrow nation along both banks of the Gambia River.
 Senegal shares also maritime borders with the island country of Cape Verde in west.
 Averaging less than 650 feet in elevation, Senegal is mostly flat or rolling plains with savanna-type vegetation.
 In the southeast, however, plateaus 1640 feet high form the foothills of the Fouta-Djallon Mountains. Marshy swamps interspersed with tropical rain forests are common in the southwest.

Important cities
 Dakar (Capital), Saint Louis, Touba, Thies, Rufisque, Ziguinchor.