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Senegal opposition leader calls for fresh protests

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko calls for more protests.

Senegalese opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko has called for fresh protests this despite President Macky Sall’s call for calm.

Authorities in Ghana are searching for a group of children believed to have drown while swimming at Apam beach in Southern Ghana at the weekend.

Plus South African DJ, Black Coffee talks about his new Subconsciously album, his childhood and plans to revolutionise his country’s music industry.

(Picture: Supporters of main opposition candidate, Ousmane Sonko, react after Sonko was released from detention in Dakar on March 8, 2021. Credit: (Photo by Seyllou / AFP) (Photo by SEYLLOU/AFP via Getty Images)

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