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Diary Sow, 20, won awards for Senegal s best student and is a published author.
Her family in Senegal says the pain of her disappearance is increasing. Her disappearance is beginning to last and is hurting the family more and more, said Aliou Sow, Diary Sow s uncle. We have the support of all the Senegalese people. We thank the President of the Republic but also Minister Serigne Mbaye Thiam. We ask them to do even more to find her, he said.
For her mentor and Senegal s Minister of Water and Sanitation he says she wasn t anxious ahead of her disappearance. There was nothing to suggest any anxiety on her part, or any particular state of mind, said Serigne Mbaye Thiam.
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DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Herds of cows meander across the one-lane highway that leads down Senegal’s coast to Mbodiene, a farming village surrounded by scrubland where singer Akon plans to build a futuristic city.
The designs, which show shiny, pinkish buildings that bend and curve like waves, would look at home in any sci-fi movie.
In the master plan, architect Hussein Bakri has carved out space for a parking lot - for flying cars.
Akon, the Senegalese-American singer of 2006 hit “Smack That”, has said the city will attract tourists and create thousands of jobs. U.S.-based firm KE International said it plans to start construction on the $6 billion project next year.
FEATURE-Future or fantasy? Senegal questions Akon City
If history is any guide, they will most likely be let down, said Xavier Ricou, an architect and former director at APIX, Senegal s agency for promoting investment and major projects. During the 15 years or so that I worked at APIX, I saw proposals from people who wanted to make cities all over, said Ricou, revealing how millions of dollars were spent on advanced plans for cities that were then never built.Reuters | Updated: 14-12-2020 11:51 IST | Created: 14-12-2020 11:39 IST
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Herds of cows meander across the one-lane highway that leads down Senegal s coast to Mbodiene, a farming village surrounded by scrubland where singer Akon plans to build a futuristic city.