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A new date for the Senegalese presidential election, June 2nd, is put forward by the national dialogue commission boycotted by many of the opposition. Nigeria tries to calm a rising inflation and people’s anger by hiking up the interest rate on the day thousands of Nigerians take to the streets. And the documentary “Dahomey” which was awarded a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival makes Benin proud.