Article: Senegal chose democracy from first.(World)(Briefing/Africa)

Senegal, the last stop on President Clinton's historic journey to Africa that begins Sunday, has been a democracy right from the start and has been totally free of the military coups that have plagued the rest of the continent.

With its capital, Dakar, equidistant from Western Europe, the east coast of the United States and eastern Brazil, its location on the Atlantic trade routes enhances Senegal's potential role in a global economy that emphasizes international trade.

The former French colony, which was granted independence in 1960 as part of President Charles de Gaulle's package offer of freedom with continued association with France, immediately ...

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