Senegal

Chaotic Senegal win in this weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations
2:25
Funk jazz meets Senegal
1:37
‘Weeping migrant’ Abdou Gnom dies unexpectedly
3:09
Paris summit focuses on groundbreaking impact of AI
Full Episode
48:12
Senegal renames streets named after French colonial figures
4:28
North from Africa
Irregular migration to Europe is down — except on Spain’s Canary Islands 
8:23
Small canoes piled next to each other on a waterway
Migration
‘I put myself in their shoes’: Migrants to Europe find empathy on a small island
A graphic with three photos. Left to right: Wheat harvest, Tibisay Zea and a man harvesting wheat in Senegal.
Ukraine
VIDEO EXPLAINER: How the war in Ukraine is affecting wheat exports and food culture in Senegal
Screenshot from "Cape Flats Kung Fu" by Eavesdrop.
Planet Hip Hop
‘Planet Hip Hop’: The music will always be the voice of the people, Samy Alim says
Senegalese rap artist "Paco Pat Ghetto."
Planet Hip Hop
‘Planet Hip Hop’: Senegalese rappers push for social and political change
An offshore gas terminal is lit up amid the Atlantic Ocean as houses lay on the beachfront between the sea and the Senegal River, bottom, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Jan. 18, 2023.
Energy
Europe looks to Senegal for new energy supply. But what’s in it for the Senegalese?
The ancient fishing village of Guet Ndar in Saint-Louis, Senegal.
Environment
An important fishing village in Senegal is on the verge of disappearing as sea levels rise
bread and flour
Food
Is it time for Senegal to end its romance with the French baguette?
Clothes are on display at the Mar Design tailor shop in central St. Louis in northern Senegal.
Lifestyle & Belief
Muslims in Senegal prepare for Eid al-Adha celebrations
a group of students sitting barefoot on the ground as they go through burned documents
Youth
Young Senegalese feel the impact of the country’s political crisis
People carrying lanterns watch the sky at night during the annual Perseid meteor shower in El Escorial, outside Madrid, Aug. 13, 2015.
Science & Technology
This Senegalese astronomer is helping NASA measure asteroids in space
At the La Perseverancia market in Bogotá, Colombia customers have noticed that prices for many foods are increasing. With the war in Ukraine, inflation could get worse.
Food
For developing countries, the war in Ukraine means even higher food prices
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr on a TV show after winning the Prix Goncourt.
Senegalese novelist Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s win is a landmark for African literature
Several people are shown running and crouching down in a dirt road.
Protest
EXPLAINER: Why Senegal protesters are clashing with police
A person wearing an air-filtration mask and helmet is show looking through makeshift metal barriers with the words 'Defense Force' and a hand holding up three fingers painted on them.
Top of The World
The lethal crackdown in Myanmar continues with widespread calls for the violence to end
Rescue workers carry the body of a dead migrant after a boat with 35 migrants from the Maghreb region capsized at the beach of Orzola, in the Canary Island of Lanzarote, Spain, Nov. 25, 2020.
Immigration
Canary Islands face influx of migrants from West Africa
Education
Top UN education official: Pandemic causing rethink of global learning
A woman is shown in a photograph from behind wearing a tin-foil hat.
Top of The World
The risks of reopening too early; Afghanistan suffers attack on maternity hospital; Researchers in Senegal are developing coronavirus home test kit
A woman in a white robe carries some lab material inside lab in Senegal.
COVID-19
Researchers in Senegal are developing a coronavirus test kit to be used across Africa
A man meditates at the beach amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dakar, Senegal, March 26, 2020.
In Senegal, COVID-19 safety measures conflict with cultural traditions
A woman riding a wave
An Olympic hopeful from Senegal hopes to inspire more black women to surf
a screenshot of the BBC's pidgin language site
Commentary
Why West Africa’s pidgins deserve full recognition as official languages
Senegal
Conflict
Overfished: In Senegal, empty nets lead to hunger and violence
Yoff beach
Economics
Senegalese women turn to exporting fish in spite of local shortages
Students learn Arabic script at a Quranic school on the outskirts of Senegal's capital Dakar, May 7, 2008.
Justice
Senegal tried to crack down on schools forcing children to beg. But thousands of kids are still in the streets.
Lesbians in Senegal are left out of the gay rights movement organized around HIV prevention and treatment. And they're also left out of the women's movement: "Some women's groups ... don't want to have anything to do with gay women," says Ndeye Kebe.
Culture
Lesbians in Senegal just want a place where they can be themselves
Business, Finance & Economics
Senegal News: Youssou N’dour announces presidential candidacy (VIDEO)
Politics
Guinea-Bissau: President Malam Bacai Sanha dead in Paris
Agence France-Presse
Senegal stops extradition of former Chad dictator Hissene Habre
Politics
Senegal’s Wade ‘cleared for 3rd term’ as president
Politics
Riots in Senegal after President Wade is cleared to seek third term
Conflict
Senegal upholds ruling allowing President Abdoulaye Wade to seek third term
Politics
Senegal frees activist Alioune Tine, braces for fresh protests
Agence France-Presse
Senegal News: Deadly protests against Wade
Politics
Amid protest, Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade leads his own rally in the capital
Agence France-Presse
Wade steps out as Senegal election season begins
Agence France-Presse
Demonstrations intensify against Senegalese leader
Conflict
Sudan: JEM rebels release UNAMID peacekeepers in Darfur
Agence France-Presse
Senegal Election: Abdoulaye Wade pushes for win despite unrest
Politics
Senegalese vote in contentious presidential election
Politics
Senegal Presidential Election: Abdoulaye Wade and Macky Sall to face run-off (VIDEO)
Politics
Senegalese opposition leader says run-off vote ‘inevitable’
Politics
Senegal elections: official results confirm run-off
Agence France-Presse
13 million people face humanitarian ‘catastrophe’ in West Africa
Agence France-Presse
Senegal opposition rallies ahead of presidential run-off
Senegal's Orchestra Baobab on stage
Music
The return of Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab
Commentary
For Which It Stands: Africa
Commentary
A continent revealed
Agence France-Presse
For Which It Stands: Africa
Politics
Doing time for being gay
Agence France-Presse
Congo struggles to move from conflict to peace
Agence France-Presse
A step in the right direction for eastern Congo?
Agence France-Presse
Dakar hit by shortage of cooking gas
Business, Finance & Economics
China’s ‘Little Africa’ is under pressure
Agence France-Presse
Senegal avoids human rights trial