The Latest Breaking News from Senegal

A bedtime story written by a journalist for his daughter during lockdown has grown into a reforestation movement reaching 30,000 children in West Africa.

Senegal’s parliament has approved revisions to a law passed under the former president that granted amnesty for offences committed during deadly opposition protests in the West African country

Like something from the science fiction film "Dune", the "world's biggest mining dredger" has been swallowing acre after acre of the fertile coastal strip where most of Senegal's vegetables are grown.

In Senegal, a report by the Court of Auditors on the management of public finances under former president Macky Sall could see him facing charges, in a first for the country.

Twenty years ago, French photographer Yves Monteil was driving in Senegal when he passed a military cemetery in Thiaroye, in the suburbs of Dakar. Friends told him it was the burial site of Senegalese soldiers massacred by the French army during the Second World War, shot for demanding unpaid wages.…

France has handed control of two military facilities to Senegal, beginning the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from the West African country amid its waning influence in the region

Two of the five French army bases in Senegal were officially handed over to the local authorities on Friday. It's the first step towards a complete withdrawal of French military presence in the country.

With the rise of language learning apps, the Wolof Academy is stepping up to meet the demand by offering online courses and virtual classes of Wolof, the language spoken by almost 80 percent of Senegal's population.

Each year African countries are invited to exhibit at the Paris International Agricultural Show, with Morocco taking centre stage at the 2025 edition as guest of honour. Among the African producers manning stands this year is Diongoma, a company behind one of Senegal's flagship products: shea butter.