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Senegal's first appearance in the African Nations Cup was in 1965, when Senegal, after finishing second in their group, lost 1-0 to the Ivory Coast to finish in 4th place. in the 1990 African Nations Cup, Senegal once again finished 4th. Senegal hosted the African Nations Cup in 1992, in which, after qualifying for the quarter finals by finishing second in their group, Senegal lost 1-0 to Nigeria in the quarter finals. Senegal's best finish in the African Nations Cup came in 2002, when they lost the final on penalties after drawing 0-0 with Cameroon .
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The French colonies of Senegal and the French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted their independence as the Mali Federation in 1960. The union broke up after only a few months. Senegal was ruled by the Socialist Party for 40 years until current President Abdoulaye WADE was elected in 2000. Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982, but the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. The most significant threat within Senegal since the 1980s has been led by the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC). Although a peace agreement was signed in December 2004, internal rifts continue to keep the peace process deadlocked.
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Senegal has 906 km (562 mi) of railroads, all owned by the government. The main lines run from Dakar to Thiès and thence to Kidira on the Mali border, and from Thiès to Saint-Louis. There are ... branch lines from Guinguineo to Kaolack, from Louga to Linguère, and from Diourbel to Touba, serving the peanut-growing areas. Of Senegal's estimated 14,576 km (9,058 mi) of classified roads in 1999, some 4,271 km (2,654 mi) were tarred. There are modern roads from Dakar to Thiès, Saint-Louis, and Matam, and from Dakar to Kaolack and on through the Gambia to Ziguinchor in Casamance. In 2000, there were 70,700 passenger cars and 68,800 commercial vehicles in the combined territory, Senegambia.
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Senegal has a strong tradition of democracy at the national level, but local governance is less well established. USAID’s goal is to build effective local governments that provide quality services to their citizens. The democracy and governance program encourages local governments and community organizations to use transparent financial management and investment planning that increase public participation in decision-making and oversight of local affairs. In 2004, approximately 57 percent of local governments followed proper budget processes and executed planned priority activities with their own resources or incentive funds from USAID. In an environment where local governments receive very little funding from the central government, locally generated resources are critical to local governments' ability to provide basic services. Seventy-three percent of local governments increased locally collected revenue in 2004.
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For Senegal, the prospects for irrigation development in the Falémé basin are very limited: a few hundred hectares. However, with the Manantali dam and the Diama dam (near the mouth of the Senegal River), it is expected that 240000 ha in the Senegal River valley will be irrigated [181]. During the transitional period the flood created through the Manantali dam allows flood recession cropping on 50000 ha, as is the case in Mauritania. The Diama dam, essentially designed to prevent intrusion of salt water, was completed in 1985.
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In January 1994, Senegal undertook a bold and ambitious economic reform program with the support of the international donor community. This reform began with a 50% devaluation of Senegal's currency, the CFA franc, which was linked at a fixed rate to the French franc. Government price controls and subsidies have been steadily dismantled. After seeing its economy contract by 2.1% in 1993, Senegal made an important turnaround, thanks to the reform program, with real growth in GDP averaging 5% annually during 1995-2003. Annual inflation had been pushed down to the low single digits. As a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Senegal is working toward greater regional integration with a unified external tariff and a more stable monetary policy.
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