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Biniam Girmay’s Tour de France triumph unites troubled Eritrea
There is rarely cause for celebration in Eritrea, but a historic winner at the Tour de France has brought huge joy to the gulag state. News that Biniam Girmay had become the first African to take home the race’s coveted green jersey has sparked spontaneous …