Senegal

Two Senegal MPs get six-month terms for hitting female colleague

Dakar – Two Senegalese opposition MPs were handed six-month jail terms on Monday for physically attacking a female colleague... Read more

3 Jan, 2023

Dakar – Hundreds of people protested in Senegal’s capital on Friday to call for legal action after a report... Read more

31 Dec, 2022

Dakar – Pape Ale Niang, a prominent Senegalese journalist and government critic who has been on a hunger strike... Read more

26 Dec, 2022

Dakar – A Senegalese court on Tuesday ordered prominent journalist and government critic Pape Ale Niang to be put... Read more

21 Dec, 2022

Dak – Outside Dak village in central Senegal women sing and dance as they scythe through rice stalks with... Read more

17 Dec, 2022

Dakar – Avid fans of the best-selling FIFA video game watched on a big screen as leading Senegalese gamers... Read more

16 Dec, 2022

Dakar – Senegal has ordered the release of journalist and government critic Pape Ale Niang, whose detention for more... Read more

15 Dec, 2022

Noflaye – After a gruelling trip by air and road, several dozen endangered African tortoises groggily poked their heads... Read more

15 Dec, 2022

Dakar – A coronavirus pandemic relief fund in Senegal fell victim to alleged criminal offences and mismanagement, according to... Read more

14 Dec, 2022

Senegal – Many children in Senegal’s Koranic schools face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through forced begging,... Read more

13 Dec, 2022