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Senegal's Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins top French Literary Goncourt prize

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In tonight's edition: World leaders pledge more support for the continent, a continent which has contributed the least to climate change but bears the brunt of rising temperatures and environmental disasters.  And France's oldest and most prestigious literary prize is won by a Sub-Saharan African writer for the first time. Senegal's Mohamed Mbougar Sarr impressed the judges with his novel 'The most secret memory of man'.

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