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West African culture takes center stage at Dakar’s ECOFEST 2025
ECOFEST 2025 in Dakar, Senegal focuses on how culture fosters resilience amid political crises in West Africa.
![Fatima Jobe, known as “Fatou,” poses in her Dakar shop on 14 November 2025. [Nicolas Remene/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1764970091.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger agree to grace period in ECOWAS withdrawal
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