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Senegal’s Abdourahmane Diouf urges opposition to form a “Republican alliance”

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Senegalese minister Abdourahmane Diouf is calling on opposition parties, including the APR, Rewmi, the PDS and the AFP, to come together in a “Republican alliance”. He wants the parties to seek common ground with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye while retaining their differences and ambitions, Dakaractu reports.

Senegalese minister Abdourahmane Diouf is calling on opposition parties, including the APR, Rewmi, the Senegalese Democratic Party and the AFP, to join an “Republican alliance”, Dakaractu reports. He presents the initiative as a way to protect institutions and urges the parties concerned to seek common ground with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

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