January 12, 2021
Photo credit, AFP
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Diary Sow is a student at the prestigious Lycée Louis-Le-Grand
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An investigation was opened in France after the disappearance of a talented Senegalese student who was studying in a prestigious Parisian school.
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Diary Sow did not return to school after the Christmas holidays, which raised concerns in Senegal and France.
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Named “Senegal’s best student” for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019, Ms. Sow won several national academic awards and published her first novel last year.
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The 20-year-old has not been seen since January 4.
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The family of the girl in Senegal is very worried. Arouna Sow, Diary Sow’s uncle contacted by BBC Africa, explains “that they are still without news” and that they understand that at this stage “the investigation remains discreet”.
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“We can’t do anything except pray. We all have a heavy heart,” says Arouna Sow.
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“We continue to hope that it will come back to us,” he adds.
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Mr Sow confides “that the family continues to pray and hopes for the return of Diary” who would have had no reason to run away, underlines his uncle.
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“Diary was only her studies, all her hobby was her studies, she spent all her time there. So I don’t think there is anything that can influence her”, says Arouna Sow .
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The Senegalese diaspora is mobilizing social networks to find it. Several French celebrities, including actor Omar Sy, share the call on Instagram and Twitter.
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He retweeted this report:
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Miss Sow is a second year preparatory school student for the Grandes Ecoles at the prestigious Parisian Lycée Louis-Le-Grand, with an excellence scholarship.
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“She is a punctual and very serious student, and the alert was given quickly. Nobody saw her, she was not found at her apartment” in a university residence in Paris, told the AFP Henry Sarr, member of a Senegalese student association which launched calls on social networks.
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“Neither his parents, nor his friends, his guardian or the embassy have heard from him,” a member of the Senegalese community in Paris – Daouda Mbaye told AFP, who organized a distribution of appeal leaflets information on weekends.
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