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Ziguinchor

American  
[zee-gan-shawr] / zi gɛ̃ˈʃɔr /

noun

  1. a seaport in SW Senegal.


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A charismatic former tax collector and mayor of the southern city of Ziguinchor, Sonko is seen as as the main challenger to President Macky Sall’s governing party.

From Seattle Times Mar. 15, 2024

Last month, a tribunal in the southern city of Ziguinchor, where Sonko is mayor, ordered the electoral commission to put him back on the voter roll.

From Reuters Nov. 17, 2023

Sonko, who currently serves as mayor of his hometown of Ziguinchor and is popular with the country’s youth, placed third in Senegal’s 2019 presidential election.

From Washington Times Jun. 16, 2023

After his dismissal as a tax inspector in 2016, he was elected to parliament and became mayor of Ziguinchor.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2023

The Senegal interior minister, Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome, said the deaths on Thursday had occurred in Dakar, the capital, and in Ziguinchor, a southern city where Mr. Sonko is mayor.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2023

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