Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Senegalese Saint-Louis regatta a day of friendly feuds and fun

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The Saint-Louis regatta is held annually in Senegal’s Guet N’dar quarter. Fishermen board long wooden pirogues to race two-and-a-half kilometers Ex-French president Charles de Gaulle attended the event in 1959. Senegal: Koutaye Niang has been racing in the Saint-Louis regatta for 20 years, but this year’s competition, held Saturday in Senegal’s historic second city, was … Read more