Senegal’s ‘best student’ disappeared in France. She didn’t run away, mother says. Danielle Paquette, Borso Tall © Danielle Paquette/The Washington Post Binta Sow, whose daughter went missing in France nine days ago, said she last spoke with Diary on Jan. 3. Diary had sounded excited to start classes again after visiting a family friend in Toulouse. MALICOUNDA BAMBARA, Senegal —Days have blurred together this way: She sits in the living room, wiping away tears and staring at her phone. People call and call, but she longs to hear only one voice. Her daughter ...