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Mamadou Kassé explains departure from APR without revealing reasons

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Mamadou Kassé explains departure from APR without revealing reasonsMarie-Lan Nguyen · CC BY 3.0

Mamadou Kassé, a former official of the Alliance for the Republic, explains his departure through his convictions and his need for freedom, without revealing the precise reasons for his break. He nevertheless says that Macky Sall played a decisive role in his career, according to his interview on the programme Jury du Dimanche.

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