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A MINISTER in Senegal’s former government has been jailed on charges of extortion, embezzlement and money laundering during his previous…
SENEGAL’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Thursday vowed investigations into what he termed “widespread corruption” under the previous administration, accusing…
AT least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal, military authorities say. The…
AT least 26 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Senegal’s coast. Authorities say more than 100…
SENEGAL President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Wednesday called for “appropriate recovery measures” for the national press, following sweeping strikes by…
SENGALESE commuters hoping to browse the news on their way to work were left disappointed on Tuesday – most national…
SENEGALESE customs said in a statement Thursday that they had intercepted more than 360 kilogrammes of cocaine worth $48.3 million…
SENEGALESE President and West Africa’s ECOWAS “facilitator” Bassirou Diomaye Faye called Monday for dialogue and peaceful reconciliation with three countries…
THE President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo told AFP Wednesday that he ordered the partial closure of its border with…
SENEGAL’s new government on Thursday unveiled measures to reduce the price of rice, oil, bread, and other basic items to…
SENEGAL’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has said profits from the sale of oil and gas will be “well managed” as…
SENEGAL’s prime minister Ousmane Sonko raised the possibility of closing French military bases in the West African country on Thursday…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has welcomed President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal to the State House, Abuja. The President was flanked…
A BOEIING 737-300 aircraft has skidded off a runway in Senegal, injuring at least 10 people, four of them seriously.…
SENEGAL’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye named a “breakaway” government on Friday, appointing a host of fresh faces to top roles…
LEFT-WING pan-Africanist Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and…
BASSIROU Diomaye Faye, a left-wing pan-Africanist, was sworn in Tuesday as Senegal’s youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory…
IN the closing moments of the electoral campaign, Senegal’s president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, stepped onto the stage holding the hands…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Africa’s…