Tag: Senegal

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government in a dramatic political split ...

Senegal has suspended all foreign travel by ministers, warning that the ongoing war between Iran, the United States, and Israel ...

His Majesty King Mohammed VI has reiterated Africa’s unity and Morocco's status as a great African country, days after hosting ...

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) concludes on Sunday, January 18, with Senegal facing hosts Morocco in the final of ...

As the countdown to the 35th Africa Cup of Nations begins, all eyes turn to Morocco, the host nation. The ...

The region of Western Africa comprises countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, ...

Kenya’s Harambee Stars face Africa’s top-ranked side, Senegal, in a FIFA international friendly on November 18, 2025, at Mardan Stadium, ...

On April 2, 2024, the newly inaugurated Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye appointed firebrand politician and key supporter Ousmane Sonko ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye's victory in the Senegalese presidential election marked a historic moment not only for Senegal but also for ...

Senegal has been thrown into a political turmoil after President Macky Sall cancelled the upcoming presidential election scheduled for February ...

The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 group stage and round of 16 witnessed heartbreaks and upsets, leaving football fans ...

Rigobert Song and Aliou Cisse's journey transitioning from playing on the field to leading from the sidelines, has left an ...

Religion shapes some of the most controversial decisions that governments need to make: access to abortion, same-sex marriage, the death ...

When Mohamed was hired at the construction site for the United Nations' new West Africa headquarters in Senegal, he was ...

Senegal completed a double when they beat hosts Algeria 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw to win the African ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday the histories of the United States and Africa were "intimately connected" by the "tragedy" ...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday touted the fruits of a new "mutually beneficial" economic strategy towards Africa, contrasting ...

A Senegalese judge has ordered a prominent opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, to face trial for alleged rape, lawyers for Sonko ...

Nineteen people were killed on Monday when a bus and a truck collided in northern Senegal, firefighters said, eight days ...

Forty people were killed and eighty-five were injured when two buses crashed in a head-on collision overnight on an arterial ...

"They made us join up to wage war," said Ndiogou Dieye, 103, casting his memory back more than eight decades ...

One of France's best-loved stars, Omar Sy, has returned to his Senegalese roots for a movie about colonial troops who ...

Avid fans of the best-selling FIFA video game watched on a big screen as leading Senegalese gamers battled it out ...

An intricately detailed balcony, a coat of fresh paint and large bay windows opening onto the street: this house, in ...

Sadio Mane will be included in Senegal's squad for the World Cup despite suffering a leg injury this week, a ...

Amnesty International's secretary general on Friday called for new "enlightened" political leadership in Africa, lamenting shrinking civil liberties in Mali, ...

Several Senegalese associations on Thursday urged President Macky Sall to dispel doubts and publicly declare that he would not run ...

The new offshore gas terminal appears through the morning mist cloaking the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Louis, where Senegal meets ...

The dancers are a blaze of color, swirling amid a deafening, pounding noise. In their midst, a young man stands ...

Twenty years after Le Joola ferry sank, the Senegalese town where half of the 1,900 dead lived will on Monday ...