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| 1999, Jan. 13 | |
| In a great victory for human rights advocates, Senegal banned the practice of female circumcision. | 1 |
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| Diouf's administration created an “upper house,” or senate, for the legislative branch of the Senegal government. Despite protests of opposition parties, Diouf's Socialist Party carried all 45 new seats. | 2 |
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| Senegal signed a peace accord with Guinea-Bissau. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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