Hidden Debt Drowns Senegal

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For a truce of heat, Abdoulaye Ba sits on one of the banks that adorn the Western Cornisa of Dakar, a few meters from the sea. In the last two decades, this coastal avenue where thousands of young people play sport in the afternoon has been the symbol of the dynamism of construction in the capital of Senegal. Dozens of buildings half finished rise here and there, from the administrative center of Plateau to the nightlife area of Almadies. Howeve…