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Singer Akon's Senegalese city unstarted, locals left in dark / V000_9M243Y
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One year after singer Akon laid the first stone of the $6 billion futuristic city he plans to build in his native Senegal, the site remains grassland. Construction of "Akon City," a project due to feature ultramodern twisting skyscrapers, was already meant to have begun near the Atlantic Ocean village of Mbodiene. But building work is yet to start, prompting residents who were hoping for jobs to wonder about its future. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES