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Senegal\u2019s football team have been given a hero\u2019s welcome upon their return home after winning the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of ecstatic revellers celebrated the players\u2019 return to Dakar, sitting on top of cars and dancing in the capital\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n
President Macky Sall was among those greeting the team at the airport.<\/p>\n
When coach Aliou Ciss\u00e9 raised the trophy cup from the roof of the team\u2019s victory bus, crowds cheered in delight.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a street party. I don\u2019t think Senegal has ever seen anything like it,\u201d the BBC\u2019s Emeline Nsingi Nkosi said.<\/p>\n
Players were transported inside and on top of a coach along a packed parade route to the centre of Dakar.<\/p>\n
One of those among the crowd was 17-year-old student Die Mbaye who described it as an unforgettable moment that will last forever.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe deserved it, we have been waiting for 60 years,\u201d she told AFP news agency while wearing the Senegalese flag in her hair.<\/p>\n
The celebrations began straight after the final whistle on Sunday night, seconds after Liverpool\u2019s Sadio Mane sealed the historic victory over Egypt on penalties.<\/p>\n
People poured on to the streets of Dakar, dancing and firing fireworks into the air.<\/p>\n
The authorities proceeded to declare Monday a national holiday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe waited a long time. [The cup] is finally here. We really needed it,\u201d ecstatic fan Modou Ba, 25, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
There were also scenes of jubilation in the French capital, Paris, home to a large Senegalese community. Thousands of celebrating supporters gathered at the Arc du Triomphe.<\/p>\n
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