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1. In what country is the Mole National Park located in Africa?
It’s home to elephants, leopards and rare birds such as the white-backed vulture. In the western part of the park, the Konkori Escarpment has panoramic views and overlooks waterholes where animals drink. There are waterfalls along the Kparia and Polzen rivers.
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2. Where is the biggest tree in west Africa located?
It is believed to be 66.5 m (218 ft) tall and 396 cm (13 ft) in diameter is believed to be the biggest tree ever discovered in West Africa
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3. Who helped Senegal gain independence?
In 1817 France takes Senegal back from the English. The government tries to establish an agricultural colony that produces cotton and indigo but the project fails due to taxes and customs of the Moorish tribes settled on the river bank.
Louis Faidherbe is then sent as a Colony Governor. He manages to suppress these customs and rehabilitates several forts along the river (Dagana, Podor,…). But El Hadj Omar Tall is standing on his way. Caliph of the Tidjianes Brotherhood, he fights off the French colonial army, until his death in 1864. Afterwards Faidherbe imposes a French protectorate on the river region and tries to have a railway line built between Goree and Saint-Louis for the transportation of peanuts. He clashes with Lat Dior Diop who dies in 1886 during a battle against the Faidherbe troops. The English manage to keep Gambia and the Portuguese give the Casamance in exchange for lands in Guinea-Bissau.
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