Senegal's Independence Day

Senegalese Ambassador to Korea Mamadou Ndiaye, center, joins guests to cut a cake during a reception celebrating Senegal’s Independence Day at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, May 8. From left are Algerian Ambassador Hocine Sahraoui; Nigerian Ambassador Desmond Akawor; Rwandan Ambassador Eugene Kayhura; Ghanaian Ambassador Margaret Clarke-Kwesie; Ndiaye; Ocean and Fisheries Vice Minister Son Jae-hak; Uzbek Ambassador Vitali Fen; Ethiopian Ambassador Dibaba Abdetta; and Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Chraibi. Senegal got independence from France in 1960. / Korea Times photo by Kim Se-jeong