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  In Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron receives, on Wednesday 27 August at the Palais de l’Élysée, his Senegalese counterpart Bassirou Diomaye Faye. An official visit which should give the tone of a new chapter in the relations between France and Senegal. The meeting will begin on Wednesday 27 August at 8:30 by the reception of the Senegalese President at the Élysée by Emmanuel Macron. It takes place in a particular context: that of a rebalancing of relations between France and Africa, marked in Senegal by the closure of the last French military bases two months ago. According to the daily exclusive net, “no question will be taboo”. In the course of the discussions: le dossier mémoriel de Thiaroye.