Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Dakar

Sall says ruled out third term because no 'serious threat' to Senegal

DAKAR - Senegalese President Macky Sall has said the country would have "stopped functioning" if he had declared his decision not to seek a controversial third term sooner, in an interview published on Friday.

Bangkok Post

‘The youth will fight’: why children have joined Senegal protests

Frustrations have grown over high youth unemployment and accusations of systemic corruption

The Guardian - UK

Exciting Updates Revealed For Dakar Saudi Arabia 2024

Dakar 2024 will have more in store for participants and spectators, with 12 stages spread over 14 days of pure competition.

RideApart

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Senegalese man warned of gun violence the day he was shot dead in riots

Elhaji Cisse was busy on Friday, the day he was killed, tweeting hundreds of times as riots erupted beyond the walls of his compound in a busy suburb of Senegal's capital Dakar.

Reuters

Senegal government cuts mobile internet access amid deadly rioting

Senegal's government has cut access to mobile internet services in certain areas because of deadly rioting in which "hateful and subversive" messages have been posted online, it said in a statement on Sunday.

Reuters

Death toll in Senegal protests rises to 15 as opposition supporters clash with police

The clashes broke out after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth. His supporters say his legal troubles are part of a government effort to derail his candidacy in 2024.

WEKU

Fresh protests rock Senegal as death toll climbs

New clashes broke out on Saturday between Senegalese opposition supporters and police in parts of the capital Dakar, the third day of protests in the West African nation sparked by the prosecution of an opposition leader.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

UN, AU call for calm as death toll in Senegal violence rises

At least 15 people have been killed in Senegal following an outbreak of violence after sentencing of opposition leader.

Al Jazeera

Senegal protesters and police clash again as death toll rises to 10

One more person was killed in Senegal on Friday, as police and protesters clashed for a second day since the sentencing of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko sparked some of the deadliest violence in recent memory.

Reuters

Deadly clashes hit Senegal after opposition leader Sonko sentenced

Nine people have died in clashes across Senegal, the Interior Minister said Friday after a court sentenced firebrand opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to two years in jail.

Radio France Internationale

Ousmane Sonko sentenced: Why are tensions flaring in Senegal?

Supporters of opposition figure denounce charges, sentence as a ploy to prevent him from running in elections.

Al Jazeera

Clashes in Senegal leave at least 9 dead; government bans use of social media platforms

Senegal's government says that at least nine people have been killed in violent clashes between police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko

The Independent UK

Senegal's Sonko claims he is being 'illegally held' as 'national dialogue' opens

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has alleged that he is being "illegally held" in his home in Dakar by security forces and urged the public to protest. Meanwhile, a national dialogue between the government and various political actors has begun in the Senegalese capital.

Radio France Internationale

Protests erupt after allegations of Senegalese leader’s detention

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was diverted to his home after he attempted to lead a convoy of vehicles to Dakar.

Al Jazeera

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Senegal unrest flares again over opposition leader

Dozens of protesters clashed with security forces in Senegal's capital, Dakar, on Monday after lawmakers and supporters were blocked from visiting the home of a prominent opposition politician on trial for rape and libel.

Radio France Internationale

Senegalese opposition leader Sonko arrested and escorted to Dakar

Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested on Sunday while leading a convoy of supporters from his native Zighinchor, in Casamance, towards the capital, Dakar.

Reuters

Senegal opposition leader's rape trial resumes amid fears of unrest

The delayed rape trial of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko resumed in the capital Dakar on Tuesday as his party called for "resistance" and a national shutdown.

Reuters

Rape trial of Senegalese opposition leader Sonko starts

The rape trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko started in a court in the capital Dakar on Tuesday, following violent protests by supporters who say it is a political plot.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s rape trial adjourned

Ousmane Sonko, who denies charges, does not turn up for court appearance in Dakar.

Reuters

Senegal opposition leader appeals conviction threatening his presidential bid

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has appealed a libel conviction that could prevent him running in presidential elections next year, one of his lawyers said, as another round of protests broke out on Monday.

France 24

A police station or a high school? Deadly clashes in Senegal as locals and gendarmes dispute land use

Violent clashes between the gendarmerie and the Lebu community erupted on May 8 and 9 in Ngor, a district of Senegal's capital Dakar. The conflict began over a land dispute: the gendarmes want a police station while locals want to build a high school. According to four eyewitnesses who spoke…

AFP

UN outlines five days of horror in Mali's Moura

Dakar (AFP) - A damning report released Friday by the United Nations on a March 2022 incident in Moura, central Mali, describes five days of horror during which at least 500 people were allegedly executed by Malian and "foreign" soldiers.

AFP

Army, 'foreign' fighters killed 500 in Mali in March 2022: UN report

Dakar (AFP) - The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.

Al Jazeera

One dead, 30 injured in new wave of unrest in Senegal

Protesters have taken to the streets in capital Dakar against what they call an increasingly repressive state.

Reuters

Teenager killed, dozens injured in fresh bout of Senegal unrest

A 15-year-old girl was killed and about 30 people were wounded during clashes between protesters and security forces in Senegal's capital Dakar on Tuesday night, a local official said on Wednesday.

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Amnesty International

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.