Countries Senegal tightens anti-Covid controls after Mecca deaths Senegal – Senegal said Monday it had implemented voluntary Covid-19 screening tests and reimposed the wearing of masks at... Read more 25 Jun
Countries Senegal customs seize cocaine shipments worth over $50m Senegal – Senegalese customs said Tuesday they had intercepted three shipments of cocaine with a total estimated value of... Read more 20 Jun
Countries Dakar’s beachfront battle against concrete Senegal – Ibrahima Bathily says he no longer recognises the beachfront in the area of Senegal’s capital Dakar where... Read more 13 Jun
Countries Production starts at Senegal’s first offshore oil field Dakar, Senegal Senegal – Senegal joined the club of oil-producing countries on Tuesday as Australian group Woodside Energy announced that production... Read more 12 Jun
Countries AU ‘warmly congratulates’ Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Senegal election win Nairobi – The African Union on Friday congratulated anti-establishment opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Senegal’s... Read more 29 Mar
Countries Senegal votes for new president after years of crisis Dakar — Senegal began voting on Sunday for a new president in an unpredictable race following three years of... Read more 24 Mar
Countries Troubled West African states test fractured regional bloc Abuja – West African foreign ministers hold emergency talks on Thursday confronted by a major political crisis in Senegal... Read more 8 Feb
Cape Verde Ivory Coast stun AFCON holders Senegal, Cape Verde into quarter-finals Abidjan — Hosts Ivory Coast stunned Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Monday, knocking out the... Read more 30 Jan
Algeria Algeria crash out of AFCON as Cameroon qualify for last 16 Abidjan — Former champions Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in the group stage on... Read more 24 Jan
Cameroon Salah ruled out of two AFCON games as Senegal, Cape Verde reach last 16 Abidjan — Record seven-time champions Egypt were dealt a major blow on Friday as captain Mohamed Salah was ruled... Read more 20 Jan