Browsing: Senegal

The government of Senegal has launched an extensive development plan, aiming to boost average individual income by nearly 50 percent within five years while also reducing…

Senegalese courts released a journalist and an opposition candidate on Thursday who had been summoned over remarks critical of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, their lawyers confirmed.…

According to the local football association, Aliou Cisse, who guided Senegal to victory in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2022 and the past two World…

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…