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africa/sg.json

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 {
   "Introduction": {
     "Background": {
-      "text": "Senegal is one of the few countries in the world with evidence of continuous human life from the Paleolithic era to present. Between the 14<sup>th</sup> and 16<sup>th</sup> centuries, the Jolof Empire ruled most of Senegal. Starting in the 15<sup>th</sup> century, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain traded along the Senegalese coast. Senegal&rsquo;s location on the western tip of Africa made it a favorable base for the European slave trade. European powers used the Senegalese island of Goree as a base to purchase slaves from the warring chiefdoms on the mainland, and at the height of the slave trade in Senegal, over one-third of the Senegalese population was enslaved. In 1815, France abolished slavery and began expanding inland. During the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century, France took possession of Senegal as a French colony. In 1959, the French colonies of Senegal and French Sudan were merged and granted independence in 1960 as the Mali Federation. The union broke up after only a few months. In 1982, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia. The envisaged integration of the two countries was never implemented, and the union dissolved in 1989. <br /><br />Since the 1980s, the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance - a separatist movement based in southern Senegal - has led a low-level insurgency. Several attempts at reaching a comprehensive peace agreement have failed. Since 2012, despite sporadic incidents of violence, an unofficial cease-fire has remained largely in effect. Senegal is one of the most stable democracies in Africa and has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping and regional mediation. The Socialist Party of Senegal ruled for 40 years until Abdoulaye WADE was elected president in 2000 and re-elected in 2007. WADE amended Senegal's constitution over a dozen times to increase executive power and weaken the opposition. In 2012, WADE&rsquo;s decision to run for a third presidential term sparked public backlash that led to his defeat to current President Macky SALL. A 2016 constitutional referendum limited future presidents to two consecutive five-year terms. The change, however, does not apply to SALL's first term. In February 2019, SALL won his bid for re-election; his second term will end in 2024. One month after the 2019 election, the National Assembly voted to abolish the office of the prime minister. Opposition and civil society organizations criticized the decision as a further concentration of power in the executive branch at the expense of the legislative and judicial branches."
+      "text": "Senegal is one of the few countries in the world with evidence of continuous human life from the Paleolithic era to present. Between the 14th and 16th centuries, the Jolof Empire ruled most of Senegal. Starting in the 15th century, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain traded along the Senegalese coast. Senegal’s location on the western tip of Africa made it a favorable base for the European slave trade. European powers used the Senegalese island of Goree as a base to purchase slaves from the warring chiefdoms on the mainland, and at the height of the slave trade in Senegal, over one-third of the Senegalese population was enslaved. In 1815, France abolished slavery and began expanding inland. During the second half of the 19th century, France took possession of Senegal as a French colony. In 1959, the French colonies of Senegal and French Sudan were merged and granted independence in 1960 as the Mali Federation. The union broke up after only a few months. In 1982, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia. The envisaged integration of the two countries was never implemented, and the union dissolved in 1989. <br><br>Since the 1980s, the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance - a separatist movement based in southern Senegal - has led a low-level insurgency. Several attempts at reaching a comprehensive peace agreement have failed. Since 2012, despite sporadic incidents of violence, an unofficial cease-fire has remained largely in effect. Senegal is one of the most stable democracies in Africa and has a long history of participating in international peacekeeping and regional mediation. The Socialist Party of Senegal ruled for 40 years until Abdoulaye WADE was elected president in 2000 and re-elected in 2007. WADE amended Senegal's constitution over a dozen times to increase executive power and weaken the opposition. In 2012, WADE’s decision to run for a third presidential term sparked public backlash that led to his defeat to current President Macky SALL. A 2016 constitutional referendum limited future presidents to two consecutive five-year terms. The change, however, does not apply to SALL's first term. In February 2019, SALL won his bid for re-election; his second term will end in 2024. One month after the 2019 election, the National Assembly voted to abolish the office of the prime minister. Opposition and civil society organizations criticized the decision as a further concentration of power in the executive branch at the expense of the legislative and judicial branches."
     }
   },
   "Geography": {
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       "text": "1,200 sq km (2012)"
     },
     "Population distribution": {
-      "text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural as shown in this <a href=\"https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/ac5e6b691123d01164933052c38b745b/SENEGAL_Population_density.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">population distribution map</a>"
+      "text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural as shown in this population distribution map"
     },
     "Natural hazards": {
       "text": "lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts"
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
       "text": "-1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)"
     },
     "Population distribution": {
-      "text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural as shown in this <a href=\"https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/ac5e6b691123d01164933052c38b745b/SENEGAL_Population_density.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">population distribution map</a>"
+      "text": "the population is concentrated in the west, with Dakar anchoring a well-defined core area; approximately 70% of the population is rural as shown in this population distribution map"
     },
     "Urbanization": {
       "urban population": {
@@ -306,13 +306,13 @@
       }
     },
     "HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
-      "text": "0.4% (2019 est.)"
+      "text": "0.3% (2020 est.)"
     },
     "HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
-      "text": "41,000 (2019 est.)"
+      "text": "39,000 (2020 est.)"
     },
     "HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
-      "text": "1,200 (2019 est.)"
+      "text": "1,100 (2020 est.)"
     },
     "Major infectious diseases": {
       "degree of risk": {
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
     },
     "Food insecurity": {
       "severe localized food insecurity": {
-        "text": "due to localized shortfalls in cereal production - despite the overall satisfactory food security situation, pockets of food insecurity remain and food assistance is needed by the most vulnerable population; prior to the COVID‑19 outbreak, the number of food insecure people was projected to peak at about 766,000 during the lean season between June and August 2020, well above the 341,000 food insecure people that were estimated in the same period of 2019; the situation is worse than previously expected, in part, due to the impact from the COVID‑19 pandemic, including the containment measures that adversely effected households&rsquo; livelihood activities and incomes (2021)"
+        "text": "due to localized shortfalls in cereal production - according to the latest analysis, about 490,000 people are estimated to need humanitarian assistance in the June&minus;August 2021 period due to the effects of adverse weather events (droughts and floods) on cereal and fodder production (2021)"
       }
     },
     "Waste and recycling": {
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     },
     "Legislative branch": {
       "description": {
-        "text": "<em></em>unicameral National Assembly or <em>Assembl&eacute;e</em> Nationale (165 seats; 105 members including 15 representing Senegalese diaspora directly elected by plurality vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies and 60 members directly elected by proportional representation vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies)"
+        "text": "<em></em>unicameral National Assembly or <em>Assemblée</em> Nationale (165 seats; 105 members including 15 representing Senegalese diaspora directly elected by plurality vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies and 60 members directly elected by proportional representation vote in single- and multi-seat constituencies)"
       },
       "elections": {
         "text": "National Assembly - last held on 2 July 2017 (next to be held in July 2022)"
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar or APR-Yakaar [Macky SALL]<br />Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]<br />Alliance for Citizenship and Labor or ACT [Abdoul MBAYE]<br />And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Mamadou DIOP Decriox]<br />Benno Bokk Yakaar or BBY (United in Hope) [Macky SALL] (coalition includes AFP, APR, BGC, LD-MPT, PIT, PS, and UNP)<br />Bokk Gis Gis coalition [Pape DIOP]<br />Citizen Movement for National Reform or MCRN-Bes Du Nakk [Mansour Sy DJAMIL]<br />Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Abdoulaye BATHILY]<br />Dare the Future movement [Aissata Tall SALL]<br />Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE]<br />Gainde Centrist Bloc or BGC [Jean-Paul DIAS]<br />General Alliance for the Interests of the Republic or AGIR [Thierno BOCOUM]<br />Grand Party or GP [Malick GAKOU]<br />Independence and Labor Party or PIT [Magatte THIAM]<br />Madicke 2019 coalition [Madicke NIANG]<br />National Union for the People or UNP [Souleymane Ndene NDIAYE]<br />Only Senegal movement [Pierre Goudiaby ATEPA]<br />Party for Truth and Development or PVD [Cheikh Ahmadou Kara MBAKE]<br />Party of Unity and Rally or PUR [El Hadji SALL]<br />Patriotic Convergence Kaddu Askan Wi or CP-Kaddu Askan Wi [Abdoulaye BALDE]<br />Patriots of Senegal for Ethics, Work and Fraternity or (PASTEF) [Ousmane SONKO]<br />Rewmi Party [Idrissa SECK]<br />Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE]<br />Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG]<br />Tekki Movement [Mamadou Lamine DIALLO]"
+      "text": "Alliance for the Republic-Yakaar or APR-Yakaar [Macky SALL]<br>Alliance of Forces of Progress or AFP [Moustapha NIASSE]<br>Alliance for Citizenship and Labor or ACT [Abdoul MBAYE]<br>And-Jef/African Party for Democracy and Socialism or AJ/PADS [Mamadou DIOP Decriox]<br>Benno Bokk Yakaar or BBY (United in Hope) [Macky SALL] (coalition includes AFP, APR, BGC, LD-MPT, PIT, PS, and UNP)<br>Bokk Gis Gis coalition [Pape DIOP]<br>Citizen Movement for National Reform or MCRN-Bes Du Nakk [Mansour Sy DJAMIL]<br>Democratic League-Labor Party Movement or LD-MPT [Abdoulaye BATHILY]<br>Dare the Future movement [Aissata Tall SALL]<br>Front for Socialism and Democracy/Benno Jubel or FSD/BJ [Cheikh Abdoulaye Bamba DIEYE]<br>Gainde Centrist Bloc or BGC [Jean-Paul DIAS]<br>General Alliance for the Interests of the Republic or AGIR [Thierno BOCOUM]<br>Grand Party or GP [Malick GAKOU]<br>Independence and Labor Party or PIT [Magatte THIAM]<br>Madicke 2019 coalition [Madicke NIANG]<br>National Union for the People or UNP [Souleymane Ndene NDIAYE]<br>Only Senegal movement [Pierre Goudiaby ATEPA]<br>Party for Truth and Development or PVD [Cheikh Ahmadou Kara MBAKE]<br>Party of Unity and Rally or PUR [El Hadji SALL]<br>Patriotic Convergence Kaddu Askan Wi or CP-Kaddu Askan Wi [Abdoulaye BALDE]<br>Patriots of Senegal for Ethics, Work and Fraternity or (PASTEF) [Ousmane SONKO]<br>Rewmi Party [Idrissa SECK]<br>Senegalese Democratic Party or PDS [Abdoulaye WADE]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Ousmane Tanor DIENG]<br>Tekki Movement [Mamadou Lamine DIALLO]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, CPLP (associate), ECOWAS, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@
   },
   "Military and Security": {
     "Military and security forces": {
-      "text": "Senegalese Armed Forces (<span class=\"highlight \">Forces</span> Arm&eacute;es S&eacute;n&eacute;galaises, FAS): Army, Senegalese National Navy (Marine Senegalaise, MNS), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal), National Gendarmerie (includes Territorial and Mobile components) (2021)"
+      "text": "Senegalese Armed Forces (Forces Armées Sénégalaises, FAS): Army, Senegalese National Navy (Marine Senegalaise, MNS), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal), National Gendarmerie (includes Territorial and Mobile components) (2021)"
     },
     "Military expenditures": {
       "Military Expenditures 2019": {