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Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre

Muhamad Yehia THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal — Biram Senghor regularly pays his respects at a military cemetery in Thiaroye, a fishing village near Senegal’s capital Dakar, bowing in front of a different grave each time. The 86-year-old has no way of knowing which grave belongs to his father, M’Bap Senghor, one of …

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Diplomacy intensifies to halt the Israel-Hamas war and prevent wider regional conflict

Muhamad Yehia JERUSALEM (AP) — International diplomacy to prevent the war in Gaza from spreading into a wider regional conflict intensified Friday, with the British and French foreign ministers making a joint trip to Israel while internationally mediated cease-fire talks in Qatar were expected to enter their second day. The new push …

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