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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)
![A supporter of the Cameroon opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma reacts during clashes with security forces after the Constitutional Council declared President Paul Biya as the winner of the Oct. 12 presidential election, in Douala, Cameroon on Oct. 27, 2025. [Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-1761597064.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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