Browsing: Senegal

Senegalese scholar and politician Amadou Mahtar Mbow, who led the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for 13 years, is dead, Senegal’s press agency…

Senegal ex-presidents Macky Sall and Abdoulaye Wade have joined forces to create a coalition for a snap legislative election on November 17, which could pose a…

The Senegalese navy has found at least 30 bodies on a boat that was discovered drifting approximately 70 kilometres off the coast of Dakar, the capital,…

Senegal will hold snap parliamentary elections in mid-November following President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s decision to dissolve the opposition-dominated National Assembly. The move is seen as essential…

The death toll from the tragic sinking of a migrant boat off a coast near Mbour, Senegal, over the weekend has climbed to at least 39,…

Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dissolved the country’s National Assembly, which is dominated by the opposition, and announced fresh legislative elections to be held on…

Senegal was struck by a nationwide power outage on Thursday, caused by an incident at a power station in the capital, Dakar. The blackout, a rare…

At least 26 people have been confirmed dead after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Senegal two days ago, the country’s navy reported on…

Senegal’s naval forces have reported that it intercepted two large canoes carrying over 420 illegal migrants a day after a boat accident that occurred off the…

The Navy reported on Monday that a boat sinking off the coast of Senegal led to the deaths of at least nine individuals, marking yet another…