Thousands pay respects to Senegal's founding father
Five African heads of state and thousands of mourners paid their last respects to Senegal’s founding president, Leopold Sedar Senghor, who was buried today.
Senghor, a leading African statesman and poet who led Senegal to independence in 1960 and ruled the country for 20 years, died on December 20 at his home in France at the age of 95.
