Some 20,500 residents sign a petition in hopes to stem the concrete sprawl in the busy city. FMTNews FMTLifestyle Dakar
A plane is seen on the runway at the Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar.
But there are obstacles standing in the petition’s way. The military controls the airstrip for the moment, and there is potential interest from housing developers in the growing city.“What motivates me, is to be a leader of change,” said Sakho who founded a environmentally-focused company. “I didn’t recognise Dakar anymore,” he said, describing when he returned to the city after years abroad.The feeling of loss guided his environmental activism and, most recently, the initiative to turn the airstrip into a park.
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